Obama: ‘Fuss’ Over Libya Is Pure Politics

[The Northerner]

President Obama is standing behind his decision to authorize military action in Libya, dismissing months of furor over his failure to win Congressional approval before launching strikes as pure politics.

"...A lot of this fuss is politics, and if you look substantively at what we've done, we've done exactly what we'd said we'd do under a NATO mandate," Obama said at a press conference in the East Room of the White House Wednesday morning.

"But do I think our actions in any way violate the war powers resolution? The answer is no," he said. "We have engaged in a limited operation to help a lot of people against one of the worst tyrants in the world...and we should be sending out a unified message to this guy that he should step down."

It was the first briefing the President has held in 15 weeks, and the 14th of his presidency.

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[Lurks Often]

1. Remember this precedent when a Republican president

occupies the White House again.

[bowens43]

2. actually the fuss is about Obama waging war against people who have done nothing to us.

Opposition crosses party lines.

[CelticThunder]

3. His Royal Majesty Barack Obama Issues Another Royal Proclamation.