USA Bombs Libya
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UN can pass all the resolution_s they want... the matter needs to be brought before congress for authorizat_ion for the US to act. You can't contract out explicit and clear terms of our constituti_on to a foreign body such as NATO or the UN.
The proper action would have been to abstain from the UN vote without the explicit authorizat_ion of the United States Congress.
In the United States, the applicatio_n and interpreta_tion of internatio_nal treaty obligation_s implicate an intricate interplay with Constituti_onal mandates and federal statutes. As a matter of domestic law, the Constituti_on trumps treaties.
http://www_.arbitrati_on-icca.or_g/media/0/_1258429294_4710/park__treaty_obl_igations.p_df
The proper action would have been to abstain from the UN vote without the explicit authorizat_ion of the United States Congress.
In the United States, the applicatio_n and interpreta_tion of internatio_nal treaty obligation_s implicate an intricate interplay with Constituti_onal mandates and federal statutes. As a matter of domestic law, the Constituti_on trumps treaties.
http://www_.arbitrati_on-icca.or_g/media/0/_1258429294_4710/park__treaty_obl_igations.p_df
It was for the other congressmen to answer that question -- the cowardly, worthless politicians who are afraid to do their constitutional duty -- to vote aye or nay on a declaration of war against Libya. After all, if the United States has some sort of moral right to jump into somebody else's civil war, then the slime that inhabits the House of Representatives could at least have the courage to vote for a proper declaration of war rather than sit back and let the imperial President start wars whenever he damn well pleases. The last constitutional war (i.e., the last one that was declared by congress) was World War II.
Today Americans care so little for their country's constitution that they are willing to let the TSA trample all over the 4th Amendment thousands of times a day. I am disgusted with my fellow citizens. They deserve the police state they are getting. But I don't.
Try overthrowing the government of the United States. Start by trying to take over some government buildings. I guarantee that the government, with the full approval of Obama and congress, will stomp all over you, up to and including killing you if necessary. How many other countries will feel they have a moral obligation to impose a no-fly zone over the U.S. for your sake?
