floyd reports -- Why we are in Libya? This is one of those mysteries we have become accustomed to since the start of the Obama administration.
Not having any experience save for that of the nebulous “community organizer,” when forced to make decisions Obama has proved a dismal failure. Taking actual decisive action causes Obama to flail around swinging wildly like a child trying to break open a pinata.
Now he has unilaterally decided to plunge us into an undeclared war against Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi begging the question: why Mister Obama, why did you declare war without bringing your case before Congress? Does the word “quagmire” ring a bell?
Did I miss the 17 United Nations resolutions on Libya and the way Gaddafi treats his people? If not, then why are we at war with Libya?
Is this a war for oil? If so, why not just drill within our own borders and save the lives, treasure, and national prestige that will be lost in this adventure of yours?
When France and England go home and if Gaddafi outlasts the rest of the Europeans, will we be left holding the bag? Published reports estimate it could cost as much as $3.4 Billion just for a six week engagement.
Since we have no intelligence operation in the Middle East and your CIA Director gets his news from CNN, how do we know the people we are helping are really the ones we want to win?
Maybe the “rebels” are really just Muslim Brotherhood thugs trying to take over? Do you want to help them the way your do-nothing policy helped them in Egypt?
"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."
--Senator Barack Hussein Obama, December 20, 2007
"But the fact of the matter is that when we don’t talk to the American people — we’re debating the most important foreign policy issues that we face, and the American people have a right to know. It is not just Washington insiders that — are part of the debate that has to take place with respect to how we’re going to shift our foreign policy. This is a seminal question."
--Barack Hussein Obama, August 8, 2007
Obama: "The American people have a right to know."
Blog author's comments - It’s certainly not true that we don’t have a good idea who the Libyan rebels are. Does Obama really think he is installing Democracy in Libya?
Too many of the “rebels” Obama is “saving” appear to be members of al-Qaeda and are terrorists and radical Islamists. I would think Obama has to know this.
Libyan rebel commander admits his fighters have al-Qauda links. Abdel-Hakim al-Hasidi, the Libyan rebel leader, has said jihadists who fought against allied troops in Iraq are on the front lines of the battle against Muammar Gaddafi's regime.
Why is Obama helping al-Qaeda in Libya? Why is America helping terrorists who fought against the US in Iraq and Afghanistan?
Do we have any assurances that al-Qaeda will not end up in control of Libya?
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said today that Libya did not pose a threat to the United States before the U.S. began its military campaign against the North African country. It was not a vital national interest to the United States.
CBS News has learned, President Obama will address the nation on the Libya offensive on Monday night at 7:30 p.m. Mr. Obama plans to outline why he made the decision to get the United States involved and how he approached the decision.
h/t: GWP
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