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To: unseen1
"did the US Congress authorize Reagan’s bombing in 1986?"

Apparently, you didn't read the rest of your own post - "The attack was carried out in response to the 1986 Berlin discotheque bombing."

The War Powers Resolution of 1973 (50 U.S.C. 1541-1548) is pretty unequivocal in its prohibitions of military use of force without Congressional authority, except in some very specific circumstances that reach the threshold of "a national emergency created by attack upon the United States, its territories or possessions, or its armed forces."

A contemporaneous retaliation for a bombing targeting Americans would EASILY fit within those legal confines, this action wouldn't. Obama should have gone to Congress first. It's not complicated.

"So yes i would place him as one of america’s most wanted."

And, if you were the keeper of the actual America's most wanted list, then your opinion would be persuasive. I'm assuming you aren't.

Kaddhaffi has never been on that list, and he certainly wasn't on that list in the last two months. There are NO American interests in Libya, and certainly no interests that were or are threatened by exigent circumstances. Unless there is an Congressional authorization of force, like there was and is for bin Laden and al Qaeda, this is an illegal action under US law.

105 posted on 05/03/2011 10:30:12 AM PDT by OldDeckHand
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To: OldDeckHand
ROFL....we don't have a statue of limitation on murder in this country. Gaddafi will pay for his crimes and justice will be done. I can't wait until Palin shows him the same justice that Obama showed OBL...
119 posted on 05/03/2011 10:46:37 AM PDT by unseen1
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