Obama’s War in Libya is Illegal and Unconstitutional

[ilbegone]

How many of our foreign expeditions in the last 230 years have had snowy white constitutional backing? Probably not the majority by any yard stick.

So instead of pretending to be virtuous on either side of the issue my belief in international affairs is "Don't play games".

Gadhafi was warned by Reagan thirty years ago. Fly a cruise missile up his ass and be done with it without killing thousands of Libyans while squandering untold billions of dollars we don't have.

[Ayatollahgondola]

Originally Posted by ilbegone

Gadhafi was warned by Reagan thirty years ago. Fly a cruise missile up his ass and be done with it without killing thousands of Libyans while squandering untold billions of dollars we don't have.

The plan(s) as I see them, are to instigate a rebellion under the guise of fighting for democracy or deposing a tyrant dictator. During the process, arm both sides for profit, and then go in after they decimate each other and bring in new meat to make up for all the losses. The diktater is deposed or dead, the rebels are mostly slaughtered during the battles (thanks to your intervention at the right moments) and the area is ripe for development of your interests

The formalities of declaring war have become a whole lot less formal now. Just a tip of the sceptor I guess. But who is really boss? Can't be that long legged hope-n-change sock puppet in the whitehouse. He's not the type.

[ilbegone]

Originally Posted by Ayatollahgondola

The plan(s) as I see them, are to instigate a rebellion under the guise of fighting for democracy or deposing a tyrant dictator. During the process, arm both sides for profit, and then go in after they decimate each other and bring in new meat to make up for all the losses. The diktater is deposed or dead, the rebels are mostly slaughtered during the battles (thanks to your intervention at the right moments) and the area is ripe for development of your interests

The formalities of declaring war have become a whole lot less formal now. Just a tip of the sceptor I guess. But who is really boss? Can't be that long legged hope-n-change sock puppet in the whitehouse. He's not the type.

Obama can't duck it without looking even more impotent and irrelevant than he did day before yesterday.

I don't know what the deal really is, none of those United Nations blowhards are denouncing all the sub Saharan mass murdering going on for decades in fourth world African countries with little readily exploitable resources... all Libya has is sand, Arabized northern Africans, a crazed lunatic in charge, and oil.

And Obama isn't interested in oil... unless it's eight dollars a gallon for 87 octane down the street at the corner gas station.

[Ayatollahgondola]

Originally Posted by ilbegone

... all Libya has is sand, Arabized northern Africans, a crazed lunatic in charge, and oil.

It's also a beachhead, and a domino

[ilbegone]

Originally Posted by Ayatollahgondola

It's also a beachhead, and a domino

Sincere question, a beach head and domino to exactly what?

Don't we have enough of that in Iraq?

[Ayatollahgondola]

Originally Posted by ilbegone

Sincere question, a beach head and domino to exactly what?

Don't we have enough of that in Iraq?

We're not in Iraq anymore. The puppet regime is set up there already. So now we need another place to stage the forces until the next big slice of cheese can be cut..Iran

[ilbegone]

Originally Posted by Ayatollahgondola

We're not in Iraq anymore. The puppet regime is set up there already. So now we need another place to stage the forces until the next big slice of cheese can be cut..Iran

Go to Fort Irwin or Camp Wilson at Twenty Nine palms and convince those about to ship out that we don't have a presence in Iraq.

Besides, Iran is sandwiched between Iraq and Afghanistan. Libya is several nations by land and a couple of stretches of water and two sand filled countries full of hostile inhabitants away from Iran.

I'm not getting it.