Bill Wilson
NetRight Daily
3/29/2011
Barack Obama is the unilateral president. He does what he wants, when he wants, and Congress — and the people — be damned.
The examples are too numerous to ignore. Recently, Obama ordered an attack on Libya without so much as consulting with members of Congress. This prompted a letter from House Speaker John Boehner highlighting that fact, and saying, “It is my hope that you will provide the American people and Congress a clear and robust assessment of the scope, objective, and purpose of our mission in Libya and how it will be achieved.”
Boehner noted that “A United Nations Security Council resolution does not substitute for a U.S. political and military strategy.” And it certainly does not substitute an explicit authorization from Congress, which is the ideal method of engaging a new military operation in a country not previously under attack.
But really, the Obama attack on Libya is hardly surprising, and it reflects a wider concern that this Administration simply does not care what Congress, the people’s representatives, think. And for that matter, what the American people think about Obama’s policies.
In fact, the attack is just the latest in a long line of arbitrary actions by a man who is seemingly above the law…
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