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Originally posted by PittsburghMike77
The President has to power to act unilaterally without Congressional approval - it's called the War Powers Act. Before you talk about impeachment, read the rules of the game.
Originally posted by General.Lee
reply to post by TriForce
You're absolutely correct. It has nothing, I repeat, nothing to do with protecting civilians. Every time we invade another country more civilians die in a year than would have died in 10 years if we had just left them alone. This is about gaining a presence in another part of the world, just like Iraq and Afghanistan. It's all part of forced coercion into "our" way of thinking. Notice how the U.N. acted so quickly to approve the "No Fly" zone? Remember how Bush had to fight tooth and nail to get them to act regarding Iraq? I am curios as to why they were all on board so quickly this time.
Originally posted by TriForce
reply to post by General.Lee
First of all and I know Kaffi said it too but what the hell do you think would happen if there were a massive
armed uprising in or near Washington?
They (the American Citizens) would be labeled terrorists and the Military would come down HARD on them. Dont you think that neutral civilians would be caught up in the battle and killed?
The difference is that if the Military killed them, it would be collateral damage, if the "rebels" killed them, it would be a war crime.
The deception and hypocrisy just amazes me. I dont know what else to say.
Originally posted by sith9157
reply to post by SaturnFX
This conflict will amount to little
Originally posted by sith9157
reply to post by SaturnFX
This conflict will amount to little
Could it have something to do with the fact that there was broad international consensus on what had to be done in regards to the situation in Libya, and there wasn’t in regards to Iraq?
Originally posted by General.Lee
Notice how the U.N. acted so quickly to approve the "No Fly" zone? Remember how Bush had to fight tooth and nail to get them to act regarding Iraq? I am curios as to why they were all on board so quickly this time.
Originally posted by NewEmpire816
Oh yeah and when did this become a war and not a conflict?...the O.P just trying to get readers to flag his thread because this is a conflict not a war. But hey! nobody wants to read about a conflict BUT A WAR now thats worthy of reading.nice choice of words to draw in the readers
Originally posted by NewEmpire816
, I'd like to see what kinda job anyone on this site would do in politics and world issues it takes a little more effort than typing an opinion on your computer, Gadaffhi has been killing his own people!