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WATCH: Sen. Rand Paul Responds To Obama’s Libya Speech
Eyeblast TV ( Media Research Center) ^ | 3/29/2011 | Joe S.

Posted on 03/29/2011 7:17:05 AM PDT by blog.Eyeblast.tv

Last night, President Obama delivered an address and strongly defended his decision to take action in Libya.

Yahoo writes on the speech:

Defending the first war launched on his watch, President Barack Obama declared Monday night the United States intervened in Libya to prevent a slaughter of civilians that would have stained the world’s conscience and “been a betrayal of who we are.” Yet he ruled out targeting Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, warning that trying to oust him militarily would be a costly mistake.

They go on to write:

He never described the U.S.-led military campaign as a “war” and gave no details on its costs, but he offered an expansive case for why he believed it was in the national interest of the United States and allies to act.

President Obama did not seek Congressional approval to intervene in Libya. For this reason, Sen. Rand Paul delivered a rebuttal to Obama’s address in which he said, “In 2007, then candidate Obama said 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.”

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TOPICS: Government; Miscellaneous; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: barackobama; libya; randpaul

1 posted on 03/29/2011 7:17:08 AM PDT by blog.Eyeblast.tv
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To: blog.Eyeblast.tv
“In 2007, then candidate Obama said 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.”

That was then, this is now. Has anything the affirmative action court jester said in his quest to get elected been consistent with anything he has done once he got elected? All politicians lie, it's part and parcel of the job, but in Obama-lama-ding-dong's case, he has yet to tell the truth about almost anything. He's a pathological liar.
2 posted on 03/29/2011 7:25:46 AM PDT by NWFLConservative
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To: blog.Eyeblast.tv

You can’t win a war without ground forces.

You can’t win this war without regime change.

The war will “evolve” into full U.S.-led invasion as Zero won’t want to get a loss on his war bracket.

Oh, check out the Anointed One’s photos on USA Today — the halo is back!

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2011-03-29-RW1AObama29_ST_N.htm


3 posted on 03/29/2011 7:27:49 AM PDT by TigerClaws
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To: TigerClaws

In order - Yes, Yes, Yes and “I just threw-up a little in my mouth”.


4 posted on 03/29/2011 7:34:27 AM PDT by OldDeckHand
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To: NWFLConservative
he has yet to tell the truth about almost anything. He's a pathological liar.

Not true, he DID say that under his green energy plan energy costs would skyrocket and well...

5 posted on 03/29/2011 7:35:56 AM PDT by alexandria ("If this be treason, make the most of it!" Patrick Henry)
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To: TigerClaws
One caveat about "winning" without regime change. I largely think that's accurate, or at least that is what Obama thinks. I'm not at all convinced that America will be in a better place with Gaddafi gone. In fact, I think it's likely we'll be in a worse place precisely because it would be far too easy for al-Qaeda and/or some other Jihadi faction to take the oil-rich country over.

Look how much we've had to spend in Iraq to keep that from happening. So, if Gaddafi goes, does America win? I'm not so sure, not in the near-term and probably not in the long-term.

6 posted on 03/29/2011 7:37:17 AM PDT by OldDeckHand
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To: TigerClaws

I posted this in the comments of Obama’s facebook:

Only three ways to end this war:

1) The US stops now and hopes Gadaffi can regain control of the Al Qaeda infested Libya.

2) The US topples Gadaffi then goes back home leaving Libya as a Mediterranean Somalia

3) Gadaffi loses control and the US has to occupy the country, fight the Islamists / Al Qaeda in an Iraq War type scenario until there’s a new government installed (6 to 8 years).

Just as President Obama was not truthful when telling you this war is not about OIL he’s also not telling you the whole story about what comes next after Gadaffi is gone. This will NOT have a happy ending with just air power... there WILL be troops on the ground. That’s a shame. This all was not necessary.


7 posted on 03/29/2011 7:39:15 AM PDT by tsowellfan (http://www.cafenetamerica.com)
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To: blog.Eyeblast.tv

Bump. Rand Paul gets it.


8 posted on 03/29/2011 8:01:13 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: blog.Eyeblast.tv

Another case of Obama stumbling around in the dark.


9 posted on 03/29/2011 8:20:39 AM PDT by Vaduz
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The story here is that a US President unilaterally followed a UN resolution as if it were the legal authority rather than Congress or the constitution.

And almost no one cares.


10 posted on 03/29/2011 8:37:26 AM PDT by Crimson Elephant
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To: blog.Eyeblast.tv; KYGrandma; abigail2; metmom; Bokababe; dcwusmc; Minus_The_Bear; traviskicks
This man should really be president. Draft Rand Paul ping list - please mail me privately here to be on or off.
11 posted on 03/29/2011 9:40:57 AM PDT by OldNewYork (Rand Paul, President 2012)
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To: OldNewYork; arderkrag

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrrV_Txg47Q&;

Sen. Paul’s response to the office-holder’s speech last night (simply video, no commentary).


12 posted on 03/29/2011 9:47:45 AM PDT by OldNewYork (Rand Paul, President 2012)
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To: Crimson Elephant

“The story here is that a US President unilaterally followed a UN resolution as if it were the legal authority rather than Congress or the constitution.”

EXACTLY!!!! If only our elected representatives got off their ***** and hammered Zero on this!!!

But... no, we shall have hearings on the civil rights of Muslims....

I am going to be sick.


13 posted on 03/29/2011 11:51:23 AM PDT by cld51860
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To: OldNewYork

Rand hit the nail on the head, as usual! Would love to see him run for POTUS. I sent a campaign donation to him when he ran for Senator in Kentucky and I don’t even live in or near Kentucky.


14 posted on 03/29/2011 2:49:57 PM PDT by Bokababe (Save Christian Kosovo! http://www.savekosovo.org)
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