Lindsey Graham... the endangered South Carolina RINO...
calls on his fellow politicians at US Congress to "sort of shut up" and not interfere with US-led military operations in Libya.
"Congress should sort of shut up and not empower [Libyan leader Muammar] Qadaffy," Graham said on the nationally broadcast NBC TV's "Meet the Press" Sunday news show.
Graham said any efforts to debate President Barack
B.O.Obama's decision to launch military air strike on Libya would play into the hands of Muammar Qadaffy and would only empower him, antiwar reported on Sunday.
This came after congressional critics of the move floated the possibility of defunding US military operations in Libya, or invoking the War Powers Act in order to put an end to the conflict there.
Last week, a bipartisan group of ten US Congressmen, led by Ohio Democratic Representative Dennis Kucinich,
...far lefty representative-for-life from Ohio, the former mayor of Cleveland when the city defaulted on its debt. His policies on a national level are on about the same par...
filed a lawsuit charging President B.O. waged an illegal war against Libya.
The War Powers Resolution passed by the US Congress in 1973 "gives the [US] president the power to use the US military for up to 60 days without seeking congressional authorization.
Obama's deadline to seek authorization from Congress was May 20. Even though his administration had insisted before this that the War Powers Act did apply, he changed course over the past week, insisting it is a special case.
NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Originally it was a mutual defense pact directed against an expansionist Soviet Union. In later years it evolved into a mechanism for picking the American pocket while criticizing the style of the American pants...
launched a major air campaign against forces of the Libyan regime in mid-March under a UN mandate to "protect the Libyan population."
Had it not been for the NATO intervention, the Libyan conflict would be over, said Webster Griffin Tarpley, an author and historian in the State of Maryland, in a Press TV interview earlier in April.
Tarpley said that NATO claims it is carrying out the
The United States, La Belle France, and Britannia say they will not stop their military operation until Libyan ruler Muammar Qadaffy is removed from power.
Libyan revolutionary forces have also frequently criticized NATO for its failure to prevent Qadaffy's troops from killing civilians.