A few little Libyan secrets.

Now that the United States has engaged itself against Col. Gaddafi there are a few things that are beginning to "leak" out that seem to have been suppressed by the Obama Administration.

First, Obama has bowed to the United Nations authority instead of the United States Constitutional Authority which states that only Congress can "declare War" or authorize use of troops. Now, some may say that he is invoking the 1973 War Powers Act. However, the President can only invoke this act for one of three reasons: "1. A declaration of War. 2. Specific Statutory Authorization. 3. A National emergency created by attack upon the United States, its territories or possessions, or it's armed forces."  http://www.thecre.com/fedlaw/legal22/warpow.htm In taking a look at the Lybian situation this 1973 War Powers Act does not fall into play. A declaration of War was never made by Lybia. However, that could change because we have already attacked them. As for the "Statutory Authority", this may be where Obama "gets away" with side stepping this Act because the United Nations has Authorized the use of Force and may have invoked article 43 of the UN Charter. However, in section 3 of Article 43 it recognizes the constitutional processes of its members. http://www.un.org/en/documents/charter/chapter7.shtml We will see what happens. If Obama is successful in invoking the 1973 War Powers Act he has a total of 90 days to use the US Military, after that he must cease all use of the Military in Lybia period. A question that I have is, why has Obama submitted to the UN while ignoring the soverenty of the US? Does the UN now create US Policy under the Obama administration?

Second, it appears that the US has been duped in that the Rebels in Lybia may be tied to non other than al-Queda. Yep, you read right....al-Qaeda. S reported in the UK The Telegraph, "Statements of support for Lybia's revolution by al-Qaeda and leading Islamists have led to fears that military action by the West might be playing into the hands of its ideological enemies." http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/8391632/Libya-the-West-and-al-Qaeda-on-the-same-side.html

The article also states: "An al-Qaeda leader of Libyan origin, Abu Yahya al-Libi, released a statement backing the insurrection a week ago, while Yusuf Qaradawi, the Qatar-based, Muslim Brotherhood-linked theologian issues a fatwa authorising Col Gaddafi's military entourage to assasinate him."

So, this begs some questions, Why is our Military over in Lybia? Why are we backing our sworn enemies? Why is Obama backing our sworn enemies? Maybe this is a "wag the dog" type of a situation created by the Obama administration to create a diversion from the mess that he has caused. Maybe he want's to be seen as a War Time President for re-election purposes and Lybia is the key to making that happen. This could explain why the Arab League has joined in this UN approved action. But who will ask the President these hard questions? Who will call him out? Where is the Main Stream Media on this one? Will Congress have the guts to stand up to a President who seemingly rules like a king? Is impeachment an option if it is proven that Obama is supporting our enemies? Many questions to ask, but who will have the guts to ask them first?