He's correct.it is stupid (typical Obama) and illegal (also, typical Obama).
B http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/rep-allen-west-i-cannot-understand-us-ro Rep. Allen West: 'I Cannot Understand' U.S. Role in Libya Tuesday, May 31, 2011 By <http://www.cnsnews.com/source/73101> Nicholas Ballasy (CNSNews.com) - Republican Congressman and retired Army veteran Allen West (R-Fla.) said he "cannot understand" America's involvement in Libya and that U.S. military is being used as a "rent-a-force" in the region. "For every decision there are consequences and we have to sometimes analyze what could be those consequences. Just the same with operations in Libya - I cannot understand it. I don't know what the goal and objective are," West said in an address at the Heritage Foundation on Tuesday. <http://www.cnsnews.com/image/allen-west> allen west Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.), speaking at the National Day of Prayer, May 5, 2011. (CNSNews.com/Penny Starr) "No one can clearly tell me who these rebels or who the rebel leaders are - where they come from; what do they seek to have; what are they going to bring to the table different than Moammar Gadhafi. Moammar Gadhafi's a bad guy, there's no doubt about it but there are means by which you can contain him, instead of committing our Air Force and our Navy to be kind of like a 'rent-a- force' to them." President Obama recently called the U.S. military operations in Libya, which began 71 days ago, a " <http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304520804576345111108851484.h tml?mod=WSJ_hp_LEFTTopStories> slow, steady process" where the U.S. and its allies attempt to "wear down the regime forces and change the political calculations of the Gadhafi regime to the point where they finally realize that they're not going to control this country." [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, discuss-os...@yahoogroups.com. -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor biso...@intellnet.org http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: osint-subscr...@yahoogroups.com Unsubscribe: osint-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtmlYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: osint-dig...@yahoogroups.com osint-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: osint-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/