Sunday, March 20, 2011

Obama's Actions in Libya Break a Campaign Promise

It is not that Obama ever promised specifically not to bomb Libya, but he did promise this type of action would not be taken.

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2011/03/a-clarification.html

"Many readers have said that the War Powers Act does indeed give the president the legal right to initiate a war without Congressional vote. Maybe I wasn't clear enough. I do not doubt that, even though it seems to me that that Act makes a mockery of the separation of powers. But I don't want to get into that debate, since it has largely been settled. My point is that Obama made a specific distinction on this in the campaign. And I quote again:

"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."

My only point on this is that the decision to commit military forces in North Africa - made on a dime in one Tuesday meeting - is a direct breaking of that campaign promise.

There is no actual or imminent threat to America from Libya.
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