Posted on 06/29/2011 12:49:49 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama on Wednesday dismissed the congressional criticism of his decision to wage war against Libya as political and argued that any sign of support from Washington for strongman Moammar Gadhafi makes no sense.
Pushing back against Republicans and Democrats, Obama defended his decision to order U.S. military action more than three months ago and insisted he had not violated the 1973 War Powers Resolution, which requires congressional authorization within 60 days of the first military strikes. The president claims Americans supporting the NATO-led operation are not engaged in full-blown hostilities, making congressional consent unnecessary.
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....sounds like a Mama Jarrett line the little boy king got to use.
“... US is under imminent threat or has been actually attacked as we were on 9/11 or at Pearl Harbor.”
The U.S. wasn’t attacked at Pearl Harbor. There were no Japanese boots on the ground there. Sure, a few bombs were dropped, but the event never rose to the level of hostilities. /channeling BHO
How about the idea that the American people are sick and tired of war and being the worlds policemen?
LLS
I had to read the Ass. Pimps article, and yeah, he actually used the word fuss: “a lot of this fuss is politics.”
Politics? In Washington? NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
This guy...Hussein...is really beginning to tick me off.
Great graphic! One that I love...
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