EDITORIAL: Obama’s hostility to the truth--White House needs to own up to its war in Libya

The Washington Times ^ | July 5, 2011 | Editorial

[jazusamo]

President Obama dismissed criticism of his Libya policy last week, saying, “A lot of this fuss is politics.” Regardless of action on Senate Joint Resolution 20, the McCain-Kerry plan to authorize the limited use of force in Libya, the more important issue is Mr. Obama’s unwillingness to own up to his decisions in his role as commander in chief. Mr. Obama took the country to war in Libya, and he should admit it.

The fuss goes beyond politics, beyond whether Mr. Obama’s policies are in the U.S. national interest and even beyond whether American military action has been effective. The most important issue is Mr. Obama’s contempt for the intelligence of the American people. No one believes the self-serving White House argument that U.S. involvement in Libya’s civil war does not constitute “hostilities.” Mr. Obama’s legalistic attempt to duck his responsibilities under the War Powers Resolution has left his administration having to defend the biggest credibility gap since “the light at the end of the tunnel.”

The war over “hostilities” was launched on June 15 with a White House memo to Congress that argued that the “limited” American role in Libya did not rise to the level of action envisioned by framers of the War Powers Resolution. State Department legal adviser Harold Koh has been the point man defending the administration’s creative use of language, though he hasn’t been very effective. After his testimony last week before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, senators approved the McCain-Kerry resolution with a passage stating flatly that U.S. actions in Libya “constitute hostilities within the meaning of the War Powers Resolution.”

[freedumb2003]

>>The antiwar movement, like all leftwing activist groups, are just a sham and a front operation for the democrat party. TOTAL FRAUDS!<<

The Governor of Arkansas uses his power to intimidate a less-powered woman in his office. Said Governor is a democrat. Feminazi response to this clear workplace sexual harassment: * crickets*

The POTUS uses his power to intimidate a less-powered woman in his office. Said Governor is a democrat. Feminazi response to this clear workplace sexual harassment: * crickets*

A Black conservative SCOTUS candidate is accused by a democratic shill of a bizarre and nonsensical episode of a comment about a “pubic hair and a coke can” which no one can possibly construct in the real world: SEXIST! SEXIST! SEXIST!

Liberals don’t have principles (much less facts) — they only have agendas.

[newzjunkey]

If he's lost McCain and Kerry he's not got a leg to stand on.

I can't imagine being in position of trying to make the case Libya doesn't amount to "hostilities."

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks jazusamo. And check out the great comments!