"The president does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation." - Sen. Barack Obama December 20, 2007.
"The Clintons and Camerons of this world may say it's all legal, but when they say "we need to help the people of Lybia", where do the people of Yemen and Bahrain come in exactly?
Russian PM Putin has likened the attack to the Crusades. Iran is waiting in the wings. China is an interested bystander. And all of them have their eyes on the same prize: oil.
One of Adolf Hitler's main objectives from the very beginning was construction and control of the Baku pipeline. He didn’t get it, he had to make do with Fisher-Tropsch oil from coal, a very costly and elaborate process. It may well have cost him WWII victory."
Russian PM Putin has likened the attack to the Crusades. Iran is waiting in the wings. China is an interested bystander. And all of them have their eyes on the same prize: oil.
Why did Russia and China abstain from vetoing the UN resolution?
"Keep Your Goddamn Government Hands Off My Medicare!" - Various Tea Party signs.
Why did Russia and China abstain from vetoing the UN resolution?
The best theory I've seen:
"The Russians don't take a shit without a plan"- Us General Somebody-or-Other. ;}
Because this gives the Russians more options. The USEmpire gets stretched that much tighter. Oil goes up, which makes Russia wealthier. And the Alliance forms with Germany, China, India, Brazil, Turkey, Ukraine, Khazakstan, Iran.
