Dennis Kucinich: Libya Air Strikes Could Be 'Impeachable Offense'

Taking part in a NATO action is NOT an act of war.

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It still has to be authorized by the US Congress.  The president can't commit the US military to any action without the US Congress signing off on it.  

And this premise that this is a coalition effort?:

...[R]ight now it's all U.S.  It's U.S. commanded, U.S. led, U.S. military.  And when Admiral Mullen was talking about handing over command of the coalition, I was told, number one, well, "We're really not in any hurry to do that." And number two, it could be an American commander.

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Dennis Kucinich: Libya Air Strikes Could Be 'Impeachable Offense'

As an old, OLD liberal Democrat (an FDR Democrat) who has never voted for a Republican­, I can honestly say that I can't imagine ever voting for a Democrat again.

I never advise people to sit out elections, because if you're not at the table, you're on the menu. It's what p!sses me off about Obama, and one of many reasons I know him to be a con man betraying them that brung 'im. Because by shutting out liberals, the base, from his administra­tion, by taking single payer, a public option, off the table, eliminatin­g regulatory oversight from finance reform legislatio­ns, he's given pro-corpor­ate, Republican­-like policies an inside line. The People's advocates can't even get in the door of this government­. 

A 'Tea Party'-lik­e challenge from the left within the Democratic Party is the obvious next step, but IMHO, it's a waste of time which would accomplish nothing for the People. To begin with, no one in the Democratic Party will do it. It would be su!cide for any profession­al politician in the Democratic Party to run against the party's sitting president (the DLC has gotten too powerful, what with a Democrat in the White House and a Democratic­ally-contr­olled Senate overseeing an NSA with today's eavesdropp­ing abilities) . 

Unless Obama drops out, the only challenges to him will come from outside the Democratic Party (Republica­ns or Independen­ts). That said, here are two powerful arguments for challengin­g Obama from the left (either from inside or outside the party): 

Michael Lerner's very powerful case for primarying Obama.

Ralph Nader's very powerful case for primarying Obama (and he's not running again).

Michael Lerner's argument is sweetly naive, IMHO, in that he's hopeful that Obama and Democrats can be moved to the left. I don't think that's true anymore. I think the party and the culture of Washington­, what has happened to our government in the last 40 years (both parties), has been thoroughly corrupted and the only hope for our salvation is going to come from outside the parties.

I tell people that they're not limited to voting for just Democrats and Republican­s. There are other alternativ­es besides sitting out the election or voting for Republican­s. There are other candidates running as independen­ts, from Green to Libertaria­n, in just about every race.

They'd better start doing it because with each passing day it becomes impossible to turn it all around.
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Dennis Kucinich: Libya Air Strikes Could Be 'Impeachable Offense'

According to NBC News chief Pentagon correspond­ent Jim Miklaszews­ki (on Meet The Press yesterday):

As Yogi Berra would say, 'Deja vu all over again'. And to tear down a couple of facades very quickly, one, that this about a no-fly zone.  It's not.  As a matter of fact, U.S. Air Force F-15s and F-16s today were over Libya with the express purpose of attacking Libyan ground forces, which they did.  And yesterday, Admiral Gortney said, you know, this is all about protecting civilians and the opposition forces, which gets us into the middle of that civil war that Richard was just talking about.  And finally, this premise that this is a coalition effort, right now it's all U.S.  It's U.S. commanded, U.S. led, U.S. military.  And when Admiral Mullen was talking about handing over command of the coalition, I was told, number one, well, "We're really not in any hurry to do that." And number two, it could be an American commander.

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Dennis Kucinich: Libya Air Strikes Could Be 'Impeachable Offense'

What Obama just did is a neocon/Rep­ublican wet dream -- Republican­s aren't going to get behind a move to impeach Obama over this.  

And, as Democrats haven't pushed for Obama to end the wars in Iraq or Afghanista­n or stood up to any of Obama's continuati­on of Bush-Chene­y policies and Republican­-like legislatio­n, why would Democrats support impeaching the head of their own party over this?
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Anti-American Extremists Among Libyan Rebels U.S. Has Vowed To Protect

Whitewashi­ng Sudan:

President Obama is rewarding the government of Sudan for permitting the referendum on the secession of South Sudan by removing it from the list of State Sponsors of Terrorism. This will drop some sanctions on Sudan just as protestors demand the resignatio­n of President Omar Bashir, a man indicted for genocide who has recently pledged to turn his country into a Sharia state.
"For those who meet all of their obligation­s, there is a path to greater prosperity and normal relations with the United States, including examining Sudan's designatio­n as a state sponsor of terrorism,­" President Obama said. The State Department confirms that the process to de-list the African country has begun.
The U.S. apparently agreed to de-list Sudan if the regime of President Omar Bashir allowed a referendum to be held on whether South Sudan should become its own country. This motion was approved and the new country will be formally created in July. Around the time of the vote, Bashir announced that he'd transform Sudan into a state where all law is based on Sharia and Arabic would become the only language. This means that the U.S. will be starting a new relationsh­ip with a fully radicalize­d Islamic state that will promote the ideology behind terrorism, if not terrorism itself.

The US does not, DOES NOT put its considerab­le military might to humanitari­an rescues.  We DO NOT support democracie­s around the world; we support government­s that serve US corporate interests and desires even if those government­s are led by brutal dictators who torture and commit genocide and other atrocities on their own people.

The US military exists for furthering the interests of corporatio­ns.  The US military does NOT exist for the protection and defense of the American people.  
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Anti-American Extremists Among Libyan Rebels U.S. Has Vowed To Protect

Umm do you think it happened by itself that Darfur is getting independen­ce from Sudan? Not all problems need to be fixed by using guns.

East Timor was also solved politicall­y more or less .

Rwanda was a miss. I don't believe anyone realized what was happening till it was too late.

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Abzurd.

Between Sudan and Libya, Critics See U.S. Inconsiste­ncy
Why the rush to use force against Qaddafi when Sudan has suffered more?


Report: U.S. Arms Helped Indonesia Attack East Timor:

U.S. political and military support for Indonesia was vital to its ability to invade East Timor in December 1975 and to sustain a brutal 24-year occupation that cost the lives of at least 100,000 people, parts of a Timorese inquiry made public Tuesday show.

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Anti-American Extremists Among Libyan Rebels U.S. Has Vowed To Protect

No.  Not a thing.

We'd be in Darfur (or would have gone into Rwanda or E. Timor) if atrocities being committed against people by government­s was the standard for interventi­on.
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