29-06-2011, 06:05 PM
Obama gave a very patronizing explanation to Chuck of MSNBC at the press conference this morning. He said the Libya action was approved by NATO and the UN and was simply helping the Libyan people free itself of a dictator. He also said he checked with Congress often and explained it to them.
Hmm. I think the US is a place where giving an answer like you are speaking to children isn't acceptable. Someone should remind Mr Obama that America isn't a High School and the American people deserve a response that lives up to the level of intelligence of Americans. There are much more serious issues involved with the Libya action than just offing a dictator. They have to do with a government that is practicing an ever weaker form of democracy where presidents and the military bypass the system that allowed the American people the means by which to judge the most important action of the state - that is, war. So while Obama says we are deposing a dictator with a high American body count he fails to respond to the real substance of the question, which is, "are we deposing one dictatorship in order to replace it with an even more powerful one closer to home?" One that has shown serious signs of not wanting to be controlled by the democratic system that was designed to control it? Previous cases where this military power ruled independently of the system that was designed to control it showed bad results as far as the quality of democracy that followed it in this nation. The Kennedy Assassination being a prime example. It scares me that "Change" president so flagrantly avoids the main question that most Americans would expect the Commander In Chief to respond to honestly and directly.
Hmm. I think the US is a place where giving an answer like you are speaking to children isn't acceptable. Someone should remind Mr Obama that America isn't a High School and the American people deserve a response that lives up to the level of intelligence of Americans. There are much more serious issues involved with the Libya action than just offing a dictator. They have to do with a government that is practicing an ever weaker form of democracy where presidents and the military bypass the system that allowed the American people the means by which to judge the most important action of the state - that is, war. So while Obama says we are deposing a dictator with a high American body count he fails to respond to the real substance of the question, which is, "are we deposing one dictatorship in order to replace it with an even more powerful one closer to home?" One that has shown serious signs of not wanting to be controlled by the democratic system that was designed to control it? Previous cases where this military power ruled independently of the system that was designed to control it showed bad results as far as the quality of democracy that followed it in this nation. The Kennedy Assassination being a prime example. It scares me that "Change" president so flagrantly avoids the main question that most Americans would expect the Commander In Chief to respond to honestly and directly.