Ron Paul: Libya strikes unconstitutional – only Congress can declare war
Ron Paul Prisonplanet.com March 18, 2011 Mr. Speaker: I rise to introduce a resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the President is required to obtain in advance specific statutory authorization for the use of United States Armed Forces in response to civil unrest in Libya. As many in the administration, Congress, and elsewhere clamor for the president to initiate military action to support those seeking to overthrow the Libyan regime, Congress sits by, as usual, pretending that Article I, Section 8 of the US Constitution does not exist. According to this long-ignored section, ‘‘The Congress shall have Power To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water.” This is black letter law, not some aspirational statement by our Founders. Their intent was indisputably clear: Congress alone, not the Executive Branch, has the authority and the obligation to declare war if hostilities are to be initiated against a foreign state that has not attacked the United States. Let us be clear about one thing: for the US to take action to establish a “no fly” zone over all or part of Libya would constitute an act of war against Libya. For the US to establish any kind of military presence on the sovereign territory, waters, or over the airspace of Libya is to engage in a hostile action that requires Congressional authorization. FLASHBACK: Ron Paul: Libya “No-Fly Zone is an Act of War” (March 10, 2011) Whatever we may think about the Gaddafi regime, we must recognize that this is a coup d’etat in a foreign country. What moral right do we have to initiate military action against Libya? Libya has not attacked the United States. Neither the coup leaders nor the regime pose an imminent threat to the United States and therefore, as much as we abhor violence and loss of life, this is simply none of our business. I would remind my colleagues that we have been here before. In the 1990s we established “no fly” zones and all manner of sanctions against Saddam Hussein’s regime in Iraq in attempt to force him from power. When that did not work — at a high cost in Iraqi lives — the US ultimately went to war to achieve these ends. The costs of this war, I do not need to remind my colleagues, was much higher even, in US military lives, in Iraqi civilian lives, in our diminished moral standing in the world, in our economy. Yet none of us seem able to learn from an enormous mistake made only a few years ago. Once again a bad man is doing bad things thousands of miles away and once again irresponsible voices are demanding that the US “do something” about it. Will we ever learn? We continue to act as the policemen of the world at our own peril, and as we continue we only accelerate our economic collapse. Let the supporters of yet another war in the Middle East come forth to make their case for a US attack against Libya. I will strongly oppose such a move, but it should be very clear that if a war against Libya is to be initiated it must be declared by the proper Constitutional authority: the US Congress. Ron Paul: Libya Reaction (March 18, 2011 – Campaign for Liberty) Ron Paul: Libya Is Not the American People’s Fight (March 17, 2011 – Phone Message) In the hit piece, “Ron Paul Is A Vicious Anti-Semite and Anti-American and Conservatives Need To Wash Their Hands of Him,” Horowitz uses outright lies to label Paul and his “crazed” supporters as anti Jewish. “For years the Texas crackpot, Ron Paul, has been attacking America and Israel as imperialist powers — the Great Satan and the Little Satan, and calling for America’s retreat from the battle against our totalitarian enemies. At the recent CPAC conference Paul’s Jew-hating storm-troopers swarmed the Freedom Center’s table to vent their spleen against Israel as a Nazi state,” wrote Horowitz on the noted neocon website newsrealblog. SATAN Kissinger, in His Own Words "Military men are just dumb stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy." - Henry Kissinger, quoted in "Kiss the Boys Goodbye: How the United States Betrayed Its Own POW's in Vietnam" TO ALL AMERICAN POLITICIANS PLEASE REFLECT ON THIS WARNING . Heroic Benjamin H. Freedman An American Warns His Countrymen An American Warns His Countrymen By Benjamin H. Freedman, 1961 8-17-10 "What are we going to do? The life you save may be your son's. Your boys may be on their way to that war tonight; and you don't know it any more than you knew that in 1916 in London the Zionists made a deal with the British War Cabinet to send your sons to war in Europe." President Johnson? pro semitic ? anti american people ? to send your sons to war in Vietnam 1965 This one I just found is a rare picture of men from the 2d Brigade, 1st Infantry Division landing at Vung Tau on 13 July 1965, at the beginning of the massive US troop build-up in the Republic of Vietnam. Here's probably one of my favorite pictures of Vietnam A QUELQUE CHOSE MALHEUR EST BON ******************************************* OBAMA SPECTATOR -IN-CHIEF IN REGARD TO LIBYA WOULD BE BETTER THAN NIXON THE STRONGEST PRESIDENT IN HISTORY IN THE CASE OF SECRET BOMBARDEMENT OF CAMBODIA IN 1969-1975 AND INVASION OF CAMBODIA ,A NEUTRAL & UN MEMBER COUNTRY WITH NO DECLARATION OF WAR AND BEHIND THE BACK OF THE US CONGRESS ? PAPER: OBAMA: THE WEAKEST PRESIDENT IN HISTORY? On Libya, France, UK take charge... Gingrich grateful Sarkozy not distracted by basketball brackets... ? CALLS OBAMA 'SPECTATOR-IN-CHIEF'... CAN WE CALL NIXON THE STRONGEST PRESIDENT IN HISTORY? SATAN Kissinger, in His Own Words "Military men are just dumb stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy." - Henry Kissinger, quoted in "Kiss the Boys Goodbye: How the United States Betrayed Its Own POW's in Vietnam" The US sellout of the KHMER PEOPLE IN CAMBODIA in 1975, THROUGH SATAN HENRY KISSINGER.(CFR AGENT) Sideshow, Revised Edition: Kissinger, Nixon, and the Destruction of Cambodia. IT WAS KISSINGER WHO RUNS THE SHOW to send your sons to war in Cambodia 1970 without knowledge of US CONGRESS . THE ANTI-KHMER RACE GROUP OF SATAN HENRY KISSINGER ARE CRIMINALS. WHO ARE THESE ANTI-KHMER RACE GROUP OR CRIMINALS 1.THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK 2. THE WALL STREET BANKERS IN NEW YORK 3. THE INTERNATIONAL BANKERS 4. THE COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS Cambodia needs Independence from Vietnam and the Vietnamese invaders. Vietnam must cease her occupation of Cambodia at once. To send your sons to war in Libya . US SHIPS DEPLOY; LIBYA ACTION FRENCH, BRIT JETS SET FLY OVER Newt Gingrich Says President Obama is "Spectator in Chief" Mar 18, 2011, 11:53Newt Gingrich has taken time away from mulling his presidential run to take shots at President Obama. Gingrich fired at Obama, calling him a "spectator in chief" while accusing him of being passive in the face of crises in Japan and Libya. Gingrich, considering a run for the presidency in 2012, joined other Republicans in criticizing the president, accusing him of sitting back too much in his response to major crisis situations, The Hill reported Wednesday. "Well, I think what is increasingly clear is that we have a spectator in chief instead of a commander in chief," Gingrich said on Fox News. "It is maybe the most passive and out-of-touch presidency in modern American history," he said, accusing the president of "avoiding his job right now." Obama should be more active in his response to the political upheaval in Libya and the looming nuclear crisis in Japan, Gingrich said. Other Republicans joined in with criticism of Obama's performance. The National Republican Congressional Committee accused Obama of being "all talk, no action" when it comes to cutting spending. "Actions speak louder than words," House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said. "The question is not only what is the president saying, but what is he doing?" Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said of Obama's energy policies earlier this week. Source: UPI -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cambodia Discussion (CAMDISC) - www.cambodia.org" group. This is an unmoderated forum. Please refrain from using foul language. Thank you for your understanding. Peace among us and in Cambodia. 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