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[Smiling JOe]

So what? Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize and promised to end the war, yet he upped the troop count and has now started another war with Libya, arming terrorists and without the support of Congress, exactly what he rightfully criticized Bush for.

Politics is all a bunch of lies with many scare tactics used to manipulate the believing public. Be fearful of any politician or political group, promising to make everything pretty for everyone.

 

[Matt J]

So what? Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize and promised to end the war, yet he upped the troop count and has now started another war with Libya, arming terrorists and without the support of Congress, exactly what he rightfully criticized Bush for.

Politics is all a bunch of lies with many scare tactics used to manipulate the believing public. Be fearful of any politician or political group, promising to make everything pretty for everyone.

You do understand that declaring war isn't actually covered by the US Constitution right?

Your teabag is showing.

 

[beachFool]

You do understand that declaring war isn't actually covered by the US Constitution right?

Your teabag is showing.

I'm far from a teabagger but declaring war is addressed in Article 1 Section 8

"The Congress shall have power to declare War..."

 

[Alicia Leonard]

I'm far from a teabagger but declaring war is addressed in Article 1 Section 8

"The Congress shall have power to declare War..."

Buzz, have they actually declared war in the last 10 years? I'm under the impression we are occupying three different countries(If you count Libya) with no declaration.

 

[30ashopper]

Buzz, have they actually declared war in the last 10 years? I'm under the impression we are occupying three different countries(If you count Libya) with no declaration.

We haven't declared war since WWII. Every military skirmish since then has been authorized by a congressional resolution. (Well, except one - our current war in Libya.)

Wikipedia has some detail:

Declaration of war by the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Matt J]

My apologies, Obama should have started a fear campaign and then presented false evidence to congress and the UN before doing anything.

 

[beachFool]

We haven't declared war since WWII. Every military skirmish since then has been authorized by a congressional resolution. (Well, except one - our current war in Libya.)

Wikipedia has some detail:

Declaration of war by the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Actually the US Senate passed a uniamous resolution supporting a no-fly zone in Libya...March 1st.

PressTV - US Senate calls for no-fly zone on Libya

" ?urges the United Nations Security Council to take such further action as may be necessary to protect civilians in Libya from attack, including the possible imposition of a no-fly zone over Libyan territory.?

 

[30ashopper]

Actually the US Senate passed a uniamous resolution supporting a no-fly zone in Libya...March 1st.

PressTV - US Senate calls for no-fly zone on Libya

" ?urges the United Nations Security Council to take such further action as may be necessary to protect civilians in Libya from attack, including the possible imposition of a no-fly zone over Libyan territory.?

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/22/world/africa/22powers.html?_r=1

Hmm, not according to the NYT.

 

[poppy]

So what? Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize and promised to end the war, yet he upped the troop count and has now started another war with Libya, arming terrorists and without the support of Congress, exactly what he rightfully criticized Bush for.

Politics is all a bunch of lies with many scare tactics used to manipulate the believing public. Be fearful of any politician or political group, promising to make everything pretty for everyone.

If France was first country to recognize the rebels in Libya and the first country to bomb targets in Libya how did Obama start the war?

 

[30ashopper]

If France was first country to recognize the rebels in Libya and the first country to bomb targets in Libya how did Obama start the war?

He played that role by approving it in the U.N. Security Council. Along with every other nation on that panel that voted for it.

"The Libyan War"

That's got a nice ring to it. I wonder if it has a Wikipedia page yet.. ah no, it's an "intervention" at this point. :roll:

2011 military intervention in Libya - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia