Congressman Ron Paul made a sweep of television appearances yesterday to voice his strong opposition to the attack on Libya, and making it clear that the president is subverting US national sovereignty by bypassing Congress to engage in illegal acts of aggression.
Appearing on Freedom Watch with Judge Andrew Napolitano, the Congressman pulled no punches when explaining why he believes Obama went to the UN for authority to drop bombs on Libya, rather than congress.
“I think he philosophically believes in one world government,” Paul stated.
“He wants to keep nudging us in that direction. I don’t believe he has a conviction that national sovereignty has any value. So therefore if they can diminish the Congress.” he continued.
“If he diminishes the Congress and he can get his authority from the United Nations then this enhances what he believes in. But he is not alone, the leadership in both parties has been nudging in that direction for a long time.” the Congressman added.
“To think of all the effort that the founders went to to make the Congress the most important body, that they are now the most willing to give up their prerogatives and give it to the executive branch and the judicial branch, and onward and onward. Our leaderships in the House as long as I’ve been there have always deferred to the executive branch.” he said.
Paul once again urged the American people to recognize the military incursion into Libya as a war of opportunity.
“It is unnecessary, it is wrong, it has nothing to do with national security, it has nothing to do with the defence of this country.” he said.
“I think there is more to do with it than just that. That may be their cover. It may be that oil is an important issue here. We didn’t go to Rwanda for humanitarian reasons, so I’m not to sure that oil might not be the real clincher here.”
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The Congressman also appeared on Cavuto on Fox and both Anderson Cooper and In The Arena on CNN, during which he made several salient points.
“I don’t think they are up front with this.” Paul told Spitzer.
“It is said we are going there for humanitarian reasons, but have you ever noticed around the world there are a lot of humanitarian problems. There is abuse of protesters all through the middle east right now but it’s being done by governments that we endorse – they are our “friendly” dictators.”
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Paul posed the following question to Anderson Cooper concerning Colonel Gaddafi:
“Why was it that four or five years ago we decided that he was a reformed person and we would start trading with him again, after we knew he was a thug and he’s been a thug for forty something years?”
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On Cavuto Paul again struck out at the continuous revolving door of dictators that the US military industrial complex is involved with, as well as highlighting the financial fallout of endless war.
“The American people are sick and tired of this. We are in trouble here. We’re spending money overseas, we blow up countries and then we have to rebuild them at the same time we can’t even build our own infrastructure.”
I'm still not understanding the issue with Libya, enlighten me Parker2112
- Some s roll up on the government and open fire, want power
- Government opens fire back, but them s just come harder and start taking over towns
- Those same s then declare they're in charge of half the country, and the government says "Nah, like you are, gtfo" then bombs those fools
- The Western powers say "hey, you're bombing your own people, stop!" and knock out the air force and air defenses so the Libyan government can't bomb rebel cities and get power back
Sounds pretty silly for us to get involved tbh, we're tying up a sovereign government's hands when dealing with its own internal issues. Does he help AlQ or the Taliban or something? Why are we ing with that Gaddhafi dude now? How much more money does this add to the deficit? Can we steal their oil at least, you know, to pay for our war bills?
I'm still not understanding the issue with Libya, enlighten me Parker2112
- Some s roll up on the government and open fire, want power
- Government opens fire back, but them s just come harder and start taking over towns
- Those same s then declare they're in charge of half the country, and the government says "Nah, like you are, gtfo" then bombs those fools
- The Western powers say "hey, you're bombing your own people, stop!" and knock out the air force and air defenses so the Libyan government can't bomb rebel cities and get power back
Sounds pretty silly for us to get involved tbh, we're tying up a sovereign government's hands when dealing with its own internal issues. Does he help AlQ or the Taliban or something? Why are we ing with that Gaddhafi dude now? How much more money does this add to the deficit? Can we steal their oil at least, you know, to pay for our war bills?
I think we are trying to establish our presence in the middle east...specifically in oil/mineral rich countries any way we can, and at every opportunity.
I think its a race between the big 3 to grab up as many resources as possible before everyone hits a cliff and resource shortages begin to send industrialized nations into shock.
and in other news...controlled media is trying to avert your attention.
Youtube has admitted to freezing the viewcount on a viral video of Vice President Joe Biden that highlights the hypocrisy of the Obama administration as it engages in military aggression against Libya.
The video (below) dates from 2007 and shows Biden, then preparing for a presidential run, appearing on the Chris Matthews show on MSNBC.
In the video Biden is asked if he sticks by comments that bombing Iranian interests without Congressional approval would be an impeachable offense, to which he replies he absolutely does.
The video was posted at the top of The Drudge Report earlier today, a website that conservatively receives 36 million visits per day, making it the most highly ranked news website on the web.
Under the headlineCould Obama be Impeached over Libya? Let’s ask Biden, the video has been drawing thousands of hits as viewers have drawn the comparison to the subversion of Congressional authority by Biden and Obama via US involvement in UN sanctioned attacks on pro-Gaddafi forces and buildings.
I think we are trying to establish our presence in the middle east...specifically in oil/mineral rich countries any way we can, and at every opportunity.
I think its a race between the big 3 to grab up as many resources as possible before everyone hits a cliff and resource shortages begin to send industrialized nations into shock.
Which part do you disagree with specifically?
1) we are trying to establish a presence in the Middle East...
2) we are trying to establish a presence in oil/mineral rich countries any way we can...
3) we are trying to establish a presence in ME at every opportunity...
4) there is some major compe ion amongst the big 3
5) every country will hit the cliff of resource shortages
6) resource shortages will eventually send industrialized nations into shock.
if bombing libya is such a priority, why can't congress vote on it?
it's the year 2011, call an emergency session, get those s back in DC in a matter of hours. have them rubberstamp the decision and actually declare war
or at the very least, have Obama invoke emergency powers, bomb libya, and get those congressmen back in DC the next day to retroactively approve it. I know this decision isn't cons utional, but at least congress will be forced to vote and be held accountable for the war
They will come back and vote on it within 60 days.
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