President Obama, under the spell of his three witches – Hillary Clinton, Susan Rice and Samantha Power - took the United States into an illegal war against Colonel Gaddafi in Libya. Lacking any marshall spirit, the President hid his actions behind a supposed NATO hammer. It is now apparent that the hammer is broken and that NATO is losing the war against an isolated Colonel. How have the might fallen on the field of battle!
NATO’s springtime expeditionary force has lost all momentum in the desert sand. As the campaign enters into its fourth month, the coalition is already fraying, not least in the United States, where the President had his knuckles firmly rapped for unconstitutional behavior this week by the House of Representatives. Libya is simply not big enough for impeachment proceeding to begin. But his three witches may find themselves strung up for sorcery in the not too far distant future.
NATO has clearly shown that it cannot punch its way out of a paper bag. It has flown more than 4,700 strike sorties, pummeled bunkers , depots and vehicles, some belonging to the Colonel, many belonging to its supposed allies, including significant numbers of civilians. That is what happens when low-calibre pilots cannot hit their targets, and when drones are misdirected by incompetent handlers.
Just imagine how little time it would have taken General George Patton to deal with Libya, given a few tanks and sufficient gasoline! General Patton would not have exceeded his time schedule. Nor would he have moaned and whined about bad luck and difficult terrain.
So incompetent are NATO forces in hitting their targets that they have become allies of Colonel Gaddafi. Libyans now realize that the Colonel at least is competent and likely is more sane than those who have instigated the NATO intervention. ‘Allah protect Colonel Gaddafi’, they now chant, as NATO missiles take out their schools and hospitals, their colleagues and their families.
Well done President Obama! You sure know how to back losers in all aspects of your administration.
Tags: an illegal war fails in its mission, Gaddafi defeats NATO, US president rapped by the House for deviance
June 28, 2011 at 9:07 am |
I will have to chastise you because of the very incorrect statement “illegal war”. That is nonsense.
The issue for the USA is related to both the Constitution and the War Powers Act. There is no excuse for not taking the possible actions to Congress and getting that Congressional approval before the final vote was taken in the UN.
The reason that this is not illegal is that there was a vote taken in the UN security council and that vote was based upon the fact that there was a need to protect unarmed civilians in Libya. For crying out loud, do you have any idea about what arms they actually had in Benghazi? Or in those mountains towns? Here are some hints: fishing guns, gunpowder used for fishing and empty Mountain Dew cans, guns that were used pre-second world war, and scimitars.
In other words the “war” was started by Gadhafi when he authorised the firing upon the civilian population and he used heavy weapons against them. This is the same thing that is happening in Syria.
The UN vote came about because the people of Libya actually asked for help. If the Syrians wanted the same help then I would support them, even if I had qualms about who might be behind their protests. Firing upon the unarmed population is indefensible.
The role played by those three women was simply to convince Østupid that it was necessary to do something to protect the civilian population in Libya when they were under attack. It was the French and the British that pushed this issue. Østupid was reluctant to act, and I must add here that the mere fact that he pulled the USA out of the heavy involvement is a sign of his reluctance and his inability to lead a piss-up contest in a bar.
The ICC has now issued warrants for the arrest of Gadhafi, his son, and his brother-in-law. This speaks volumes about what really took place. There are witnesses from the regime who have come forward with information (I assume some of them are amongst those who have already defected).
Only from the point of view of the lack of Congressional approval is this thing illegal. It most definitely is not illegal from the international point of view!!!!!