Posted on 03/25/2011 12:52:44 AM PDT by Frankusa
In November of 2007, then-Senator Barack Obama introduced a Senate resolution stating that President Bush did not have Congressional authorization to use military force against Iran.
The resolution was drafted in response to an amendment passed in the senate in September of 2007 which designated Iran's Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist organization. Obama argued that the amendment could be used by President Bush to justify war with Iran.
Joe Biden's spokeswoman, Elizabeth Alexander, said at the time that Mr. Biden also believed the amendment could be used to justify military action against Iran.
The spokeswoman added, "[Sen. Biden] has also made clear many times his view that the president lacks the authority to use force against Iran absent authorization from Congress."
Here's a small snippet of Obama's 2007 Senate resolution:
Mr. REID (for Mr. OBAMA) introduced the following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations...It should also be noted that while Obama asserted in a 2007 interview that "the President does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation," he stipulated that "the President does have a duty to protect and defend the United States" and that "in instances of self-defense, the President would be within his constitutional authority to act" unilaterally.Whereas any offensive military action taken by the United States against Iran must be explicitly authorized by Congress: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that nothing in the... resolution [amendment] previously adopted, or any other provision of law.. shall be construed to authorize, encourage, or in any way address the use of the Armed Forces of the United States against Iran.
Since Iran is arming and training Iraqi and Afghan insurgents to murder U.S. troops abroad, an attack against Iran, clearly, can be construed as an act of self-defense. Bombing Iran's nuclear facilities can also be defined as such, especially if and when Iran reaches the threshold of nuclear weapons capability - if it hasn't already reached that point.
Conversely, attacking the Libyan regime is clearly not an act of self-defense, as was the case in the days of yesteryear.
This is not to suggest that Gaddafi is a kind-hearted and benevolent man, who is undeserving of punitive measures, nor is this an attempt to address the question as to whether the U.S. should or should not be bombing Libya. The point being made is that the President should have obtained congressional authorization before launching attacks on Libya, if he wished to abide by his own resolution and previous statements.
If the President, however, wished nothing more than to remain true to his hypocritical, flip-flopping ways, then the path he chose was undoubtedly the correct one.
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the left stream media is having a difficult time with all of this hypocrisy. It’s a position that they can not defend so they are attempting to shift the news focus elsewhere in hopes that people won’t notice that Obama is waging a war over oil under the guise of humanitarianism.
Constitution???? What was tahr?
Maybe the only thing.
This guy and his brand are getting old.
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He’s good at making excuses and blaming others.
The gall this man has. He thinks he is god.
Our governing documents are meaningless to this jackass.
I also believe he is the epitome of lazy. 90 minutes before vacation, he tells congress he’s about to start a war. Then goes on vacation. Wasn’t this lazy POS just on Vacation in Hawaii and Asia? WTF?
Disrespectful? This prick is giving everyone in the US the middle finger.
obama is beyond despicable. He’s driven me to watch regular tv shows so I don’t have to see his face.
When Rush said yesterday that he loves the show, ‘The Good Wife,’ I agree because I watch it.
Prior to obama, I never watched tv shows like that.
Kinetic ... military action. Hunh! What is it good for?
Eric Burdon and War should get busy to do a new version of their hit song...
Thanks for the heads up Jet Jaguar
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