Saturday, January 26, 2013

If It Was Wrong To Bomb Cambodia Without Congress’s Approval, Why Is Bombing Libya Without Approval Okay?



Rand Paul To John Kerry: If It Was Wrong To Bomb Cambodia Without Congress’s Approval, Why Is Bombing Libya Without Approval Okay? -- Allahpundit/Hot Air

Excellent, and not just the Libya stuff. Stick with it for Paul’s questions about how smart it is to be arming the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt when Morsi is already wheezing about Jews controlling the media in official diplomatic sessions with the U.S. If you’re wondering why it fell to Paul to ask this question instead of any of the more senior senators who preceded him, it’s because the Senate was perfectly happy to have Obama act unilaterally on Libya. The Iraq war authorization came back to haunt many of them; no one knew at the time how messy Libya might get. O did them a favor, left and right, by freeing them from a tough vote.

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My Comment: Constitution be damned .... Senator Rand Paul is right in pointing out the inconsistencies .... but he is just one senator. But the real whopper during this give and take between John Kerry and Rand Paul was this one.

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