June 16, 2011
Reporter: "Madame Speaker, you are saying that the president did not need authorization initially and still does not need any authorization from Congress on Libya (for military strikes)?"
Pelosi: "Yes."
Today, Pelosi: "The Constitution is clear: decisions that lead our nation into war must be authorized by Congress."
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Per Pelosi, and Obama, either (1) military air strikes are not war and need no approval from Congress, OR (2) Pelosi has different standards for Dem presidents than GOP presidents.
So, either Trump's strikes on Iran are legally justified, or we can safely ignore the opinion of those like Pelosi, conor and Tyrone who make up different "standards" to justify their own party and condemn the other, even for the same or very similar actions.
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This isn't a full scale war (to quote Obama), and so itvis justified.
Replies to: "This isn't a full scale war (to quote Obama), and so itvis justified."
- Lots of shifting narratives re Iran. - conorlarkin - 12:34pm 3/3/26
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- The notion that we had to act because Israel was about to attack is the weakest statement... - Chris94 - 2:32pm 3/3/26
- Indeed. Iran never attacks first. Hamas endorses your statement. [NT] - NedoftheHill - 5:44pm 3/3/26
- ** [NT] - conorlarkin - 1:47pm 3/3/26
- Number 2 fits the bill here for justification. - PaND - 1:23pm 3/3/26
- Can you cite the statute that authorized Saturday's attack. - conorlarkin - 1:48pm 3/3/26
- This isn't a full scale war (to quote Obama), and so itvis justified. - NedoftheHill - 6:04pm 3/3/26
- They know that they have no leg to stand on. - PaND - 6:26pm 3/3/26
- When did Obama launch a military campaign of war, ala Saturday's actions? - conorlarkin - 6:17pm 3/3/26
- Ah, so you see the parallels to Trump now. Good for you. - NedoftheHill - 7:30pm 3/3/26
- The War Powers Act. - PaND - 2:04pm 3/3/26
- Indeed. That's the statute I copied in my original post. [LINK]
- conorlarkin - 2:35pm 3/3/26
- Thank you for proving my point, the act is 50 U.S.C. 1541-1548. - PaND - 2:59pm 3/3/26
- Identify the section that justifies Trump’s action. [NT]
- TyroneIrish - 3:32pm 3/3/26
- Disingenuous. Below, you never cited a section justifying Obama's actuons. - NedoftheHill - 5:37pm 3/3/26
- "Thank you for proving my point" = PaND's telltale surrender. [NT]
- conorlarkin - 3:39pm 3/3/26
- Dude ain’t a bag of brains [NT]
- Domer From Hell - 5:24pm 3/3/26
- Iran deserves your hatred at least as much as Russia does...even more. [NT]
- NedoftheHill - 5:46pm 3/3/26
- Oh, I hate Iran. I was just pointing out the stupidity of PA. He’s undoubtedly the worst poster … - Domer From Hell - 6:09pm 3/3/26
- Iran deserves your hatred at least as much as Russia does...even more. [NT]
- NedoftheHill - 5:46pm 3/3/26
- Dude ain’t a bag of brains [NT]
- Domer From Hell - 5:24pm 3/3/26
- Identify the section that justifies Trump’s action. [NT]
- TyroneIrish - 3:32pm 3/3/26
- Thank you for proving my point, the act is 50 U.S.C. 1541-1548. - PaND - 2:59pm 3/3/26
- Indeed. That's the statute I copied in my original post. [LINK]
- conorlarkin - 2:35pm 3/3/26
- This isn't a full scale war (to quote Obama), and so itvis justified. - NedoftheHill - 6:04pm 3/3/26
- Can you cite the statute that authorized Saturday's attack. - conorlarkin - 1:48pm 3/3/26
- The notion that we had to act because Israel was about to attack is the weakest statement... - Chris94 - 2:32pm 3/3/26
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