Posted on 06/14/2011 2:03:28 PM PDT by Red Badger
Can you just IMAGINE the Media outrage if this were Bush?
Yeah, he'll come up with some lame. and ILLEGAL, justification. My hope is that Boehner doesn't just take it, action is needed. As to NATO, yep that's just semantics. Without the USA there are no 'NATO forces'.
But the thing is that Libya is 'just' War #3, we're fighting War #4 in Yemen. The USAF or Navy Jets are doing Bombing runs. That's a lot of Wars for a 'peace loving liberal' like Obama. ;-)
Excellent post........a lot of knee-jerk reaction around here.
“The War Powers Act only allows a president to engage troops without a declaration of war by the Congress if there is “a national emergency created by attack upon the United States, its territories or possessions, or its armed forces.””
Obama’s polling numbers were falling, that qualifies as a National Emergency now.
Just ask anyone in a New York or DC ABC,NBC,CBS,CNN,MSNBC,NPR,Univision,NYTimes or WashPost newsroom.
Geez, Boner, at least cut his $100 p/lb wagyu steak account. Make him eat worms from Michelle’s garden with his French surrender monkey argrowla salad.
baroach obuggery PING
I also agree. And I’m not a newbie.I signed up for the first time under another screen name in 2002. And even if I were a newbie I would not hesitate to comment on this forum, because I am signed up for it, like everyone else.
It’s the circular fire and destructive sarcasm that 99% of the time keeps me from posting on this forum. In the past couple of years the tenure of this forum has taken on some of the attributes of our opposite competitors.
I also think that Congress is moving ahead on this. Let Boehner be Boehner and do his job and get things moving.
All talk and no co,,,,,uh,,,,uh,,,,Weiner.
Hearing you. Come on,everybody - lets try to NOT KILL EVERYONE on “our” side before we beat back the enemy - what say you? hmmmm? Let the letter soak in a little. Between Wednesday and Friday might be kind of interestink.
Zero to Boehner: “Nuts!”
Boehner gets points for challenging Zero on his unlawful combat commitments, echoed again by combat actions in Yemen.
I would have gone just a bit further in the letter:
“Mr. Obama, if a satisfactory reply is not received by Friday, June 17, 2011, you will be adjudged in contempt of Congress and using American military forces in violation of the War Powers Act; thus, impeachment proceedings will begin Saturday, June 18, 2011. Good day.”
Panetta said Obama can to protect US interests. What interests? McSlime agrees with Panetta.
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/panetta-obama-can-use-military-without-c
Har. You’re right. Back in the salad days of the Clinton - Lewinsky saga, FR was allowed to post the full articles and people didn’t have to hit links and be bombarded with cookies and ads.
ATC23, proud member (he he) since 1997
You're right, Running. The circular firing squad keeps most rational conservatives from posting on many threads.
Every stupid post like the many above diminishes constructive dialogue.
I sometimes wonder if that's the point...... to make FR useless as a forum for constructive conservativism.
I have often wondered how much of that comes from trolls. The disagreement is not witty or informed, just blustering and vicious and aimed at silencing the other person, and it wouldn't surprise me in the least if there are a few Dem operatives behind some of these "Freeper" attacks on other Freepers.
Agreed. I am disappointed with the GOP but Obama has to answer to contempt with Issa and possibly contempt with Boehner. No one is happy with Obama. I don’t even think 25% strongly approve of him because he is a lying war president. He has to answer to the people.
Just watch....the “boner” will huff and puff but the little piggy will shoot him the finger and make him cry.
The Republicans are All Blow and No Show and ALWAYS cave in.
§ 1542. Consultation; initial and regular consultationsThe President in every possible instance shall consult with Congress before introducing United States Armed Forces into hostilities or into situations where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the circumstances, and after every such introduction shall consult regularly with the Congress until United States Armed Forces are no longer engaged in hostilities or have been removed from such situations.
What part of "before" do Boehner and 0boner not get?
He knows that there really isn’t anything that Congress can do other than impeach him and he knows that the Rats in the Senate will protect him there.
I agree.
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