Posted on 03/22/2011 11:13:07 AM PDT by Plutarch
Obama doesnt tell you what hes thinking. He keeps his motives to himself. Cherished long-term ideological goals are advanced as pragmatic fixes to concrete problems in the present. Now were seeing the familiar domestic pattern in foreign policy as well.
Few Americans realize that Obama has had a longstanding interest in multilateral efforts to combat war crimes and genocide. Obama would like to see a more constraining international legal regime on war crimes, even at the cost of national sovereignty, not to mention the blood and treasure of the countries doing the enforcing. In general, Obama has said little about his larger foreign policy goals. To the extent that he has done so, Obama seems more the realist than an advocate of humanitarian intervention.
Yet for years, Samantha Power, a prominent advocate of humanitarian intervention and a key backer of our action in Libya, has been a powerful member of Obamas foreign policy team. In 2005, Obama contacted Power after reading her book on genocide. There followed a long conversation, after which Power left Harvard to work for Obama, quickly emerging as his senior foreign policy advisor.
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We notice how hard he’s worked to protect the people in Darfur.
True for all policy areas.
His entire past history, and his real ideological basis must be kept hidden. It would spoil everything if people knew the truth.
The past three presidents have sought to make humanitarian interventions more of a group effort.
But they haven't had as their primary goal the undermining of the US's founding charter.
Until this one. It informs his every move.
This article assumes the fool is capable of thought. That is a debateable presumption.
But I already know. He's always thinking, "How can I forward the international communist movement? All hail Marx, Lenin and Trotsky."
When does the "international community" go into Mexico? Thousands more are being killed there than in Libya, Iraq and Afghanistan combined.
Obama has been smart enough to mask his true agenda and gain the presidency. Smart enough to get health care passed - which neither FDR nor Clinton could do. Smart enough to seize control of major US corporations and Wall Street and major banks. Smart enough to vastly expand the power of Leviathan. Smart enough to bypass Congress, hoodwink the media, pacify the American public, and flout both statutory and constitutional law without consequence. He’s smart enough.
With O’bummer, his actions speak louder than his teleprompter.
Russia and China have no problem stating where they stand on this matter.
Is there such a thing as a Marxlum?
The second question should be what authority did he have to override the Constitution and the War Powers Act?
I think he’s just removing a potential blackmailer before 2012. After all, couldn’t the whole Odinga thing come back in a big way during his reelection campaign?
It is not “The Divine One” but the coterie around him coupled with generous media support that is in control. He is an idiot who through some spasm of the American electorate was cast up into a position of authority; an historical accident created by the disintegrating forces at work in our country. Health care was a result of Democratic control of the congress not the result of any intelligence possessed by “The One.” It is the abdication of governance by those who once ran our country that is leading to collapse. The Aerican people are out of shape, spiritually speaking.
Bush's primary motive wasn't humanitarian.
0bangbang brought a handful of partisan hacks to the WH for 90 minutes and then announced his "plan," such as it is, before any of them said a word about it. That is not Congressional participation.
From the War Powers Act of 1973
The constitutional powers of the President as Commander-in-Chief to introduce United States Armed Forces into hostilities, or into situations where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the circumstances, are exercised only pursuant to (1) a declaration of war, (2) specific statutory authorization, or (3) a national emergency created by attack upon the United States, its territories or possessions, or its armed forces.
Those are conditions that must be met before taking action. The War Powers Act stipulates that as well.
The President in every possible instance shall consult with Congress before introducing United States Armed Forces into hostilities or into situation where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the circumstances,...
From the Washington Post. An article with the text of the letter Obama sent yesterday to the Congress. I think it satisfies the requirement of the War Powers Act. It doesn’t satisfy me and certainly doesn’t satisfy the Constitution.
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