From The Hill:
A House Republican is gathering fast support for a resolution expressing disapproval of the U.S. military intervention in Libya, raising the possibility of a rare congressional rebuke of President Obama on foreign policy.
Rep. Michael Turner (R-Ohio) introduced a one-page bill Thursday that says the House “does not approve United States intervention in Libya.” Turner, a member of the Armed Services Committee, has already garnered 63 co-sponsors, he told The Hill, making the legislation a possible alternative to a measure offered by anti-war Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) that would mandate an immediate withdrawal of U.S. forces…
I disagree with this as well as with the Kucinich proposal – both in the fact that I am a supporter of intervention in Libya and also because once we engage in hostilities, the only wise course of action is to fight on until complete victory is secured. Both Kucinich’s bug out and Turner’s expression of disapproval will tend to encourage the enemy to fight on and thus they should not be agreed to. On the other hand, the fact that we’re building up a genuinely bi-partisan desire to end the Libyan campaign is a result of Obama’s muddleheaded leadership.
We intervened much later than we should have and then with much less force than was required – and we took ground forces off the table. By doing this we ensured there would be no swift end to the campaign. Compounding these massive tactical and strategic errors there is the fact that Obama has not sought Congressional approval for the venture – even ignoring that exemplar of liberal policy, the War Powers Act. By doing all these things, President Obama has stripped away the primary political underpinning of any American war effort – that it be an act of the people, via their representatives.
The end result of all this will be bad. We’ll either have a complete scuttle in Libya or an unending, low-grade conflict. Obama has proven himself incapable of exercising the powers of the Presidency. He simply doesn’t know how the system works – and he doesn’t seem to care to learn. Once again, 2012 cannot get here fast enough.
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