Obama another bush: Of nose cuts and shame

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Obama’s war on Libya sans US Congress' approval is opening new doors of controversies

It's raining trouble for Obama and his administration. This time the reason being Barack Obama declaring Libya a no-fly-zone and allowing military intervention to free the country from the 'dictatorship' of Muammar Gaddafi.

And here is the twist: All these have been done without the approval of the US Congress which has consequently invited immense discontentment and dissatisfaction from Republicans as well as Democrats.

Apparently, any action taken by the American President, which might have a nationwide implication, cannot be taken without the knowledge of the US Congress. According to the US Constitution, the President is required to seek approval from the Congress before waging war against any foreign regime. Ron Paul, a Republican Congressman, sharply criticised Obama’s act, commenting that “the no-fly-zone over Libya is an act of war, and it needs approval from Congress.” Even Democrat Congressmen like Dennis Kucinich called Obama's move “impeachable.” So much so that a group of Liberal Democrats – Donna Edwards from Maryland, Jerrold Nadler from New York, Barbara Lee from California among others – have questioned “the Constitutionality of President’s actions.” The discontentment is rising with every additional American troop or fighter aircraft being sent to the Libyan mission.

Republican Senator Richard Lugar has raised high doubts on “US interests being served by Barack Obama’s actions.” From the economical point of view, this act on Libya would only cost the US further, which already suffers an extremely high fiscal deficit. The Iraq and Afghanistan costs are also far from over. This would also strengthen anti-American sentiment and protests on the Arab streets. With NATO announcing that the tentative duration of the no-fly-zone could be three months, further possibilities of civilian deaths and demolition of existing infrastructure loom large, which would cost the world massively again after the operation is over.

A recent CNN public poll revealed that seven out of ten Americans have supported US military action on Libya. But it is also true that three American cities have already gone to streets to protest... and there are predictions that more will soon follow. Strangely, Obama's recent acts do not differentiate him much from former American President George Bush – except that Bush was cunning enough to justify his actions more eloquently. Also, Bush had garnered criticism for much of his action post the Iraq 'victory', while Barack Obama is facing flak here and now. With latest news trickling in that Gadaffi might after all retain power, even the brownie points Obama wanted to gain from US citizens seem to be flittering away...

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BARRACK OBAMA THE NEW GEORGE BUSH By IIPM Prof ARINDAM CHAUDHURI

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Few issue back, I myself wrote an edit on how the revolution was happening in Egypt and how the civilisation was changing elsewhere in the Arab world... So when a few days later we got this article - from my icon Fidel Castro - it was a tough decision to run it instantly. We feared people would think it’s the opposite of what I wrote. We didn't discard it but thought we would carry it in the next issue with a note... And then the Japanese disaster took place and this went on the back burner. I would have wanted this to be the cover story this issue but for the fact that Dr Binayak Sen’s Supreme Court hearing is coming close and, after all, we are more committed to India than to any other part of the world. However, whats happening in Libya makes my blood boil. Col Muammar Gaddafi is that man who, 40 years back, made the OPEC and in one go made the western world pay the right price for oil and made Arab nations rich. He is that way an icon by himself for the developing world. That one stroke which hit the West so hard is something they haven’t been able to digest yet. And therefore, the moment they got a chance, they have started bombing Libya and, for a change, India has rightly shown true courage in strongly condemning the attack. Sarkozy, on the other hand, has totally lost it at home and found this a lovely way to divert attention and act smart. But the most disgusting part is the final revelation that Obama, the ludicrous Nobel Peace Prize winner, is no different from Bush. Shame on what the greedy West is doing. The real rogue nations like Pakistan and conspiring nation like Saudi Arabia remain friends of the West while they ruthlessly bomb the oilproducing nations for their personal benefit. The saddest part, however, is that oil was USD 40 a barrel before the Iraq war and following the war, it touched the hundred plus mark. Now with the pounding of Libya, it will end up touching a hundred and fifty plus. And the West seems to not have learnt its lessons from Afghanistan. You can't win a war in such lands through air strikes... And in Libya again they will lose it. I will only end by saying that it’s time for a grand alliance of India, China and Russia to neutralise these imperialistic forces from creating more destruction in this world for greed. I hope the article of Fidel Castro, the greatest living revolutionary, throws more light on this matter.

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