Obama’s War on Libya: A Constitutional View

Top 10 Rejected Obama Mission Names

Apparently the White House tossed out a number of perfectly good names before arriving at "Operation Odyssey Dawn":

10.Operation Nine Months In The Senate Didn't Prepare Me For This
9. Operation Organizing for Libya
8. Operation Double Standard
7. Operation FINE! I'll Do Something
6. Operation Enduring Narcissism
5. Operation So That's What the Red Button Does
4. Operation France Backed Me Into A Corner
3. Operation Start Without Me
2. Operation Unlike Bush Wars This One Is Justified Because Hey Look A Squirrel
1. Operation Aimless Fury

Operation Not Bush
Operation There Really IS a Reason!
Operation We Couldn't Find the WMD's, but this time we can justify it.
Operation Could You Hold The Flag a Little Higher...Cheney Wants a Picture.

Gee, the possibilities are endless.

Operation Be A Bush
Operation Just Do It!
Operation Where's My Intern
Operation Nobel Peace Prize
Operation Bill Ayers
Operation Haymarket Affair
Operation Ted and Diana
Operation Weather All Over the Ground
Operation Congressional STFU
Operation OBOMBO

Only one needed...
"Operation flip a coin."

"Operation, Who Dat!"

"Operation Vacillation"

Vacillation? You mean like Newt Gingrich?

Gingrich: U.S. Military Should Go To War With Libya ‘This Evening,’ NATO ‘Won’t Bring Much To The Fight’ (VIDEO)

VAN SUSTEREN: What would you do about Libya?

GINGRICH: Exercise a no-fly zone this evening. … It’s also an ideological problem. The United States doesn’t need anybody’s permission. We don’t need to have NATO, who frankly, won’t bring much to the fight. We don’t need to have the United Nations. All we have to say is that we think that slaughtering your own citizens is unacceptable and that we’re intervening. And we don’t have to send troops. All we have to do is suppress his air force, which we could do in minutes.

While Gingrich thinks the U.S. military could clean up the situation in Libya in “minutes,” the reality is that it’s a bit more complicated than that. CentCom commander Gen. James Mattis recently said that implementing a no-fly zone would be “challenging” because it would involve “military operations” other than just telling the Libyans not to fly. And as CAP’s John Norris noted, “We shouldn’t kid ourselves. Blowing up a runway or imposing a no-fly zone are not silver bullets.” Norris urges “thoughtful action designed with an endgame firmly in mind,” such as leaving all options on the table — including military action, building an legitimate international coalition, and explaining the best course of action to the American people.

And this is exactly what President Obama is doing. Allied AWACS planes are currently flying intelligence missions over Libya and the U.S. has been providing humanitarian assistance in Libya for weeks. As the President said yesterday, “We’ve got NATO, as we speak, consulting in Brussels around a wide range of potential options — including potential military options.” Meanwhile, France and Britain are currently working in the UN to get a resolution authorizing a no-fly zone in Libya. “I think at this point there is a sense that any action should be the result of international sanction,” Defense Secretary Robert Gates said yesterday.

http://thinkprogress.org/2011/03/08/gin ... s-evening/

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Newt Gingrich Assails Obama Over Libya Policy (VIDEO)

WASHINGTON -- Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is questioning President Barack Obama's intervention in Libya, calling it a "badly run" operation without a clear goal.

The Georgia Republican told NBC's "Today" show on Wednesday morning he believes Obama painted the United States into a corner with his decision to authorize air strikes to establish a no-fly zone and dismantle Moammar Gaddhafi's air defenses. Gingrich suggested Obama is relying on a standard of "humanitarian intervention," a policy he said would have justified American military engagement in countries like Sudan, North Korea, Zimbabwe, Yemen and Bahrain.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/2 ... 39450.html


You mean like he was "FOR" it, until he was "AGAINST" it? You mean like he was FOR it until Obama did it, so then he had to flip-flop and be against it?

I understand he's trying to explain this amazing disparity today...(Kind of like Michelle Bachann trying to explain "the shot heard round the world--in New Hampshire.")

Insert standard "57 states" comment here: _________________________

quote="CriticalBill"]LJ doesn't answer direct questions TTP, she just jumps in and spews her broken record about Bush, Cheney, Beck, and Fox.[/quote]
AGREED!

neptunechimney wrote: I have become convinced that she is an RNC plant to steer people to the right.

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NO FRICK'IN WAY, she would rather move than switch! Like Gringa

CriticalBill wrote: LJ doesn't answer direct questions TTP, she just jumps in and spews her broken record about Bush, Cheney, Beck, and Fox.

You can add Newt to the list. Is he still in office?

LadyJazzer wrote: Yeah, kind of like the neo-cons just jump in and spew the broken record about Obama, Biden, Pelosi, Olbermann, MSNBC, and Huffington Post... Think of it as a "fair and balanced" response to the usual Rightie bullcrap.