Reply #15: Kucinich: The war in Libya 'is not a war'. Really? [View All]

[RufusTFirefly]

The war in Libya 'is not a war'. Really?

Nato has extended combat operations in Libya, yet the president has dodged granting Congress its constitutional right to decide

It is time, in the name of the people of the United States, that Congress insist that the president obey the Constitution and the statutes concerning war powers.

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Article 1, section 8 (of the US Constitution) provides only Congress with the ability to declare war or authorise the use of military force. The War Powers Act allows a narrow exemption from the constitutional requirement by allowing the president to take the US to war without congressional approval in the face of an "a national emergency created by attack upon the United States, its territories or possessions, or its armed forces". We have now been involved in a war on Libya for over 72 days (this article is more than two weeks old) with no constitutionally required authorisation for the use of military force or declaration of war.

From the Guardian