OBAMA SHOULD BE IMPEACHED

The issue is not if we should be in Libya.  There are pros and cons to the argument about humanitarian concerns and the criminal background of Ghadafi versus the legal authority for is to intervene.  Nor is the issue about whether or not our troops are on the ground and taking charge directly, or whether we are doing it through the auspices of a NATO support role.  Those are all side issues. 

The issue is whether or not the President has the authority to send our troops into battle in a foreign country without Congressional approval unless we have been attacked first or such an attack is imminent.  Semantics are semantics, but they do not apply here.  Obama contends that there is some subliminal difference between sending troops and arms without a formal declaration of war and having a declaration of war, as if it is not an act of war unless you declare it to be so even though you are sending troops and weapons.  I don’t know about you, but both of those are acts of war, pure and simple. 

Nevertheless, put that aside for the moment.  Ask yourself why, except in cases of national emergency, just one person… The President… should have the authority to put our young men and women into potential harm’s way.  His answer is that he can send troops anywhere at any time without Congressional approval as long as it is a “support role” and not war.  Yes, he does admit that he should have conferred with Congress out of some meek sense of propriety, but insists that the situation was so bad in Libya that he just didn’t have time.  I guess there was no way he could call the top Congressional leaders over to the White House for a briefing; just simply not enough time. 

The arrogance of this President toward our Constitution and our laws is too much to bear.  He should be impeached for this and a multitude of other transgressions against our country.  You know it and I know it. He makes Nixon look like a saint. 

That’s MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.