Louis Fisher, a scholar in residence at the Constitution Project who served for 40 years as a constitutional law expert at the Library of Congress, says the American people and Congress should understand that President Obama committed a "very grave offense" against the Constitution in taking military action against Libya on March 19 without any type of Congressional authorization. President Obama had ordered the U.S. military to take action against the Libyan regime of Muammar Gadhafi. The day before that President Obama stated that a resolution passed by the U.N. Security Council which authorized the use of force against Libya justified the United States's presence there. The problem is that our elected elites in Washington have no regard for the U.S. Constitution. Instead, they uphold any decree from the United Nations. They believe that anything that the U.N. Security Council passes is the supreme law of the world, which overrides anything the Constitution has to say. Our elected elite in Washington are globalist minded. Fisher is definitely on target. Ever since the events of 9/11, former president George W. Bush committed U.S. troops to both Afghanistan and Iraq. When Bush left office, both of those wars were continued under the Obama administration. This past year President Obama, who campaigned on withdrawing troops from Iraq in the 2008 presidential election, committed U.S. troops to two other wars this year which are Libya and Yemen. Last year President Obama added more troops in Afghanistan. The war in Libya was supposed to last for only days and as of right now the U.S.has involved itself with Libya for almost three months. Who knows what type of role the U.S. will play in Yemen and how long we'll be in that country. This past week Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) says the U.S. should consider military intervention in Syria to avoid the further slaughter of people there by President Bashar-al-Assad's forces. The U.S. military is already stretched thin with our troops in both Afghanistan and Iraq. Our military might has been stretched even further since the decision was made to commit U.S. forces in both Libya and Yemen. Where's it going to end?
It appears like it's the goal of the State Department or the globalist forces to wipe out all dictatorial strongholds in the Middle East. If that occurs, it will transition the Middle East to establish a Muslim Caliphate, which would disturb the balance in the Middle East and the world. It would also not be in the interests of Israel as well, which is an ally of the United States. Who's involved in the decision making process to commit the U.S. to involve forces in all these different countries in the Middle East and Africa? I personally don't believe President Obama is singlehandedly involved in committing U.S. forces to Libya and Yemen. I can recall when Obama was opposed to the war in Iraq as a U.S. Senator. Now he's become a very pro-war president, which is very dangerous. Who's side is Barack Obama on? There are some Republicans and even some "conservatives" who believe it's a good thing that the U.S. is in the Middle East to repel these dictatorships. The excuse for the United States committing itself to the Middle East is to fight Al-Qaeda. However, the methods the military brass is using to "fight Al-Qaeda" is ridiculous. The rules of engagement in these wars is way too restricting and it doesn't allow for these wars to come to a quick end. This isn't war! These are nothing but perpetual skirmishes. When a country commits its armed forces to war, it's imperative that the nation utilizes all the resources necesary to fight and win the war. Sadly that involves deaths, even on civilians. I understand that in a war strategy you want to minimize casualties as much as possible. However, you can't properly fight a war and not expect some casualties. That's just the nature of war.
Congress and the President of the United States need to revert back to the Constitution concerning the authorization of wars. Article I Section 8 of the Constitution says that Congress shall declare war. If there's a genuine need to go to war against another counry or against Al-Qaeda, the president needs to make that case before Congress. Then Congress needs to vote to go to war. Once Congress gives the green light to go to war, it should be during that process that the United States as a whole commits it's assets to go on the offensive in fighting a war. There needs to be full force used against the enemy and the war needs to end as quickly as possible. With the military might the United States has, there's no reason we should be fighting a war for 10 years. There's no excuse for U.S. troops to be in either Afghanistan or Iraq. There's a motive behind that. I believe much of that has to do with the profit motive. I've heard the old adage, "Follow the money trail." If there wasn't money to be made off these wars, then I don't believe the U.S. would be still in the Middle East. The reason why the United States is embroiled in these regions in the Middle East has nothing to do with terrorism. I'm not going to devote time in speculating why the U.S. is in the Middle East. There are a plethora of theories why the U.S. is involved in these wars in the Middle East. One of the more popular theories is that it's about protecting the oil interests of the United States. There's probably much truth to that but I don't have any evidence to authenticate that.
We need to revert back to the U.S. Constitution once again and allow Congress to declare war. When I say Congress should declare war, I'm not making reference to a sudden attack from another country against us. If our land was suddenly attacked, we should immediately go on the defensive to repel that attack. I'm not making reference to sudden, surprise attacks against our country. I'm talking about Congress making a conscientious decision to vote to go to war against another country or a terrorist network. We need to follow that prescription once again if we're going to consider a military strike against another country. We also need to fight wars like we once did. The United States shouldn't be fighting limited, protracted wars like we did against Vietnam and now against Afghanistan and Iraq. The way these wars have been prosecuted is disgraceful. The United States also should separate ties from the U.N. and the U.S. should be sovereign concerning its own destiny. The U.S. should make the decisions to go to war against another country. We shouldn't allow the U.N. to dictate to the United States whether we commit forces to Libya, Yemen, or even Syria. This is the United States of America. We don't need the U.N. guiding the affairs of the United States.
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