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<span>Posted:</span> 24 Jun 2011 12:43 PM PDT</p>
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<p>Today the US House defeated two resolutions on the
war on Libya. The first one, to authorize Obama to
conduct the war for a year, failed overwhelmingly.</p>
<p>The second one, sold as a war limitation measure,
actually authorized most of the activities currently
being waged by US forces, was also defeated (a
surprise to many).</p>
<p>Here is Rep. Ron Paul’s statement against the limited
authorization measure:</p>
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<p>Mr. Speaker I rise to oppose this legislation,
which masquerades as a limitation of funds for the
president’s war on Libya but is in fact an
authorization for that very war. According to HR
2278, the US military cannot be involved in NATO’s
actions in Libya, with four important exceptions. If
this passes, for the first time the president would
be authorized to use US Armed Forces to engage in
search and rescue; intelligence, surveillance, and
reconnaissance; aerial refueling; and operational
planning against Libya. Currently, absent an
authorization or declaration of war, these
activities are illegal. So instead of ending the war
against Libya, this bill would legalize nearly
everything the president is currently doing there.</p>
<p>That the war in Libya can be ended by expanding it
and providing the president a legal excuse to
continue makes no sense. If this bill fails, the
entirety of what the president is doing in Libya
would remain illegal.</p>
<p>Additionally, it should not really be necessary to
prohibit the use of funds for US military attacks on
Libya because those funds are already prohibited by
the Constitution. Absent Congressional action to
allow US force against Libya any such force is
illegal, meaning the expenditure of funds for such
activities is prohibited. I will, however, support
any straight and clean prohibition of funds such as
the anticipated amendments to the upcoming Defense
Appropriations bill.</p>
<p>I urge my colleagues to reject this stealth attempt
to authorize the Libya war and sincerely hope that
the House will soon get serious about our
Constitutional obligations and authority.</p>
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