Monday, March 21, 2011

Influential Lawmakers Call for More Congressional Involvement in Libya and an Obama Address to the Nation

This is a no win for obama. With assholes like me calling him a pussy for waiting forever to act and assholes in both the Republican and democratic party calling for impeachment, he is hosed.

People can say what they want about George W., but at least he got the buy in of congress before he took action.

This is another story that cracks me up. I have no sympathy for obama at all. He deserves all the criticism, from both sides. He should have gotten with congress and he should have done it 20 days ago.

It bothers the hell out of me that he waited for the u.n. before he decided to act. We are a sovereign Nation. We don't need the approval of anyone to act in the best interest of our Country. And doing what is morally right is the best path, always...

by Trish Turner - FoxNews

With the U.S. military's sizeable initial engagement in Libya to impose a no-fly zone, and with what some preceive as mixed messages from the Obama administration on an overall mission, respected moderate senators Monday began expressing concern for the road ahead in the African nation and said Congress must be more involved and the American people more informed.

"Although I do not support Qaddafi killing his own people, I have many concerns regarding U.S. involvement. As a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, I will continue to monitor the situation and hold the Administration accountable for explaining the objective of the military campaign and other questions," declared Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska, a member of the Democratic leadership.

"We need to get more involved," former Vietnam combat veteran Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., told MSNBC on Monday. "We have not had a debate...This isn't the way that our system is supposed to work."

Sen. Dick Lugar, a GOP foreign policy heavyweight, has consistently criticized the operation, calling for a vote in Congress. "My basic concern is that we do not have a plan for the United States and how its allies are going to handle the situation. We don't have objectives that, or at least some idea of how we would obtain those objectives," the Indiana senator told Fox.

"Who is in command of this operation?" Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., a current U.S. Navy reservist, asked rhetorically Monday at a speech in Chicago, "I don't know. Admiral (Mike) Mullen didn't seem to give a clear answer."

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