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Wonderment
05-13-2011, 05:32 PM
The multi-presidentially abused War Powers Resolution of 1973 kicks in next week. What will Obama do? (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/13/world/africa/13powers.html)

We've been in Libya for 60 days in a mission that Obama promised would take "days, not weeks."

Both sides continue to commit atrocities against each other, and NATO continues to kill civilians while claiming the bombing campaign is directed at only military targets.

The administration apparently has no intention of pulling out of the Libya campaign, and Mr. Steinberg said that Mr. Obama was committed “to act consistently with the War Powers Resolution.” So the Obama legal team is now trying to come up with a plausible theory for why continued participation by the United States does not violate the law.

This is a good opportunity to let your Congress members know how you feel about the war(s).

operative
05-13-2011, 06:05 PM
The multi-presidentially abused War Powers Resolution of 1973 kicks in next week. What will Obama do? (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/13/world/africa/13powers.html)

We've been in Libya for 60 days in a mission that Obama promised would take "days, not weeks."

Both sides continue to commit atrocities against each other, and NATO continues to kill civilians while claiming the bombing campaign is directed at only military targets.



This is a good opportunity to let your Congress members know how you feel about the war(s).

That's one of the downsides with picking sides when you don't really know who the rebels really are--it sure seems like these aren't exactly Buddhist monks of Burma.

One issue is that the Obama administration may see it as more costly to pull out now than to continue involvement.

Wonderment
05-13-2011, 07:45 PM
Yes, the big lie here by France, GB and the USA was that we were neutral in this conflict and merely intervening to protect civilians in Bengazi.

Remember how they operate (no pun intended) the next time they play the Rwanda card.

Needless to say, by "they" I mean interventionists and warmongers in both parties, as well as their allied cronies overseas.