Posted on 03/20/2011 7:26:19 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
It was to be a human shield, a massive gathering of Moammar Kadafi's supporters at his Bab Azizia compound, and the Libyan leader was to give a late-night speech of defiance against the international forces arrayed against him.
They would stand by their beloved Brother Leader at the same compound destroyed by President Reagan's airstrikes in 1986. Even if the bombs came sailing down. Even if the entire place went up in flames.
"We are here," said medical student Salah Mohammad, 24, "to be with the leader of our revolution, even if we die."
Cellphones began to ring. A hush fell over the crowd. People began to whisper to one another: Cruise missiles were being fired at Tripoli. Those sitting in a grassy area quickly got up and began heading for the exit.
More followed, until the human chain thinned to a few dozen people standing in the chill before the balcony where Kadafi was supposed to address them.
But the Brother Leader was nowhere to be seen. He would address Libyans later by telephone, from an undisclosed location.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
Aisha Kadafi holds a Libyan flag as she greets supporters of her father in Tripoli Saturday. Thousands of Libyans packed into Moammar Kadafi's heavily fortified compound to form a human shield against possible air strikes by allied forces. (Zohra Bensemra / Reuters)
flash mob canx for tonight
JDAMs
OMG LOL BRB
Hussein is using American treasure to protect France’s oil interests. Without Congressional approval. If Bush did this, there would be hysteria in the media.
Send in Code Pink
Shouldn't someone be telling the Hollywood Liberals (e.g., Jane Fonda, Susan Sarandon, etc.) about this once-in-a-lifetime photo-op to show their "solidarity" with the "victims of Imperialistic aggression" by getting "blowed up real good?"
Regards,
It’s time to start pounding the drumbeat of that very talking point over and over.
I don’t understand the point of a coalition if we aren’t going right after Kadafi. The allied forces don’t know where this guy is right now? Combined forces of U.S., France, and England should be more than capable of quickly extracting Kadafi, killing him if necessary, and putting a swift end to his regime.
And then maybe this so-called coalition will actually do something productive and take out the Iranian regime.
Question: In what circumstances, if any, would the president have constitutional authority to bomb Iran without seeking a use-of-force authorization from Congress? (Specifically, what about the strategic bombing of suspected nuclear sites -- a situation that does not involve stopping an IMMINENT threat?)
Obama: 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.
As Commander-in-Chief, the President does have a duty to protect and defend the United States. In instances of self-defense, the President would be within his constitutional authority to act before advising Congress or seeking its consent. History has shown us time and again, however, that military action is most successful when it is authorized and supported by the Legislative branch. It is always preferable to have the informed consent of Congress prior to any military action.
As for the specific question about bombing suspected nuclear sites, I recently introduced S.J. Res. 23, which states in part that “any offensive military action taken by the United States against Iran must be explicitly authorized by Congress.” The recent NIE tells us that Iran in 2003 halted its effort to design a nuclear weapon. While this does not mean that Iran is no longer a threat to the United States or its allies, it does give us time to conduct aggressive and principled personal diplomacy aimed at preventing Iran from developing nuclear weapons.
Question: Does the Constitution empower the president to disregard a congressional statute limiting the deployment of troops -- either by capping the number of troops that may be deployed to a particular country or by setting minimum home-stays between deployments? In other words, is that level of deployment management beyond the constitutional power of Congress to regulate?
Obama: No, the President does not have that power. To date, several Congresses have imposed limitations on the number of US troops deployed in a given situation. As President, I will not assert a constitutional authority to deploy troops in a manner contrary to an express limit imposed by Congress and adopted into law.
She’s a real brave one. The only reason she is still in the country is no other country would allow her plane to land last month when she attempted to flee.
Kadafi, Gadhafi, Qaddafi, Al-Qadafi, Quhdafi, Khadhafi...
Every news outlet spells his name differently. I had enough. Stop the madness. Take him out with one well placed JDAM and lets move on.
Considering that the Iranian government backs the “rebel” tribe uprisings in Egypt, Tunisia, Yemen, Bahrain, and now Libya, we would have to bomb the protesters in Iran trying to overthrow Islamic regimes rather than try to take them out.
Note that the shiaa in Bahrain are now calling for our protection, and the mullahs in Syria are now starting to actively move and tell me if we will bomb Syria. No?
Look at LAtimes mocking the enemy and writing propaganda piece in favor of OBama’s war effort
Haha
Gaddafi has a new human shield, it’s called the 300 international press that Gaddafi invited into Tripoli, whom he has housed in their gov’t buildings section of town, thus ensuring that those buildings will not be bombed or attacked otherwise, and virtually holding these MSM as hostages. And the MSM all fell for his invitation while now becoming his sitting ducks. Fools all.
Whoa! You mean the president broke another campaign promise??? That’s such out-of-character behavior, it was, like, TOTALLY unexpected...
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