cswake
03-21-2011, 04:27 PM
To fall under the War Powers Resolution (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?284330-War-Powers-Resolution), he had to make it a National Security issue so that the action was lawful...
http://www.salon.com/news/libya/index.html?story=/politics/war_room/2011/03/21/obama_makes_libya_case
To summarize, the argument goes something like this: Gadhafi quells the rebellion, causing Libyans to flee to other countries like Egpyt, causing unspecified "instability" that would in turn cause damage to unspecified national security interests of the U.S. Therefore we can't let Gadhafi quell the rebellion. How many members of Congress or the public is that going to convince?
For good measure, I would have preferred that they play up the "2 tons of Mustard Gas" and "Lockerbie Bombing" angle and say that Gadhafi is a terrorist to really get a solid coalition of the entire Congress behind it.
http://www.salon.com/news/libya/index.html?story=/politics/war_room/2011/03/21/obama_makes_libya_case
To summarize, the argument goes something like this: Gadhafi quells the rebellion, causing Libyans to flee to other countries like Egpyt, causing unspecified "instability" that would in turn cause damage to unspecified national security interests of the U.S. Therefore we can't let Gadhafi quell the rebellion. How many members of Congress or the public is that going to convince?
For good measure, I would have preferred that they play up the "2 tons of Mustard Gas" and "Lockerbie Bombing" angle and say that Gadhafi is a terrorist to really get a solid coalition of the entire Congress behind it.