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Originally Posted by dc_dux
ace...are we back to this again?
The comparison between a UN sanctioned operation (Libya) vs one that had no UN sanction (Iraq).
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The UN mandate has been violated.
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The comparison between an invasion with tens of thousands of ground troops (Iraq) vs no US ground troops (Libya).
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would people in the Obama administration be willing to say under oath, subject to the penalty of perjury that there is and have been no US military troops on the ground? Would they testify that no Nato troops, with US knowledge and approval, have not been and are not on the ground, in violation of the UN mandate?
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No consultation with Congress? Much like Reagan's bombing of Libya in 86. One could make the case that Obama used the War Powers Act in the same nebulous manner as Reagan (in bombing Libya and invading Granada) or GHW Bush's invasion of Panama.
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I am a defender of executive power, you on the other hand have consistently been on the other-side of the argument, but for some reason not now. Pleas explain.
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Violating the UN mandate? Explain please.
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Why? Is it not clear that the argument could be made? Do you not understand those arguments? Again, why play juvenile games? If you want to seriously discuss the issues involving the real possibility that the UN mandate has been violated, first can you acknowledge that reasonable people can even make the argument? If your assumption is that I am just making stuff up because I don't like Obama nothing that follows will matter.