Rebels Running Libya?

This is from Washington Post cartoonist Tom Toles’ sketchbook. This would have been a great illustration to use for Obama’s speech on Monday. Too bad that historic address was out of date faster than a dead fish begins to rot.

Michael Scheuer vs. CNN’s War Cheerleaders

Former CIA Chief of the “bin Laden Unit” Michael Scheuer went on CNN this morning to explain the folly of US intervention in Libya and easily handled CNN’s war cheerleaders. Check it out:

Ouch! Rand Paul Zings Gingrich on Libya, Marriages

While right wingers have been all over the map on the U.S intervention in Libya, flip-flopping and crashing into one another like a bad Laurel and Hardy routine, Rand Paul has found that sticking to one’s principles (in his case, he’s against a new front in the war) makes for a clear head and a [...]

Speech “Fell Short, Lacked Substance”

No, this is not a judgment on Obama’s gas-bagging on Monday night. Instead, that is the State Department’s verdict on a speech today by Syria’s “President” Bashar al-Assad. After all the BS the Obama administration has shoveled, one would think that U.S. officials would be a bit circumspect before snipping about other leaders’ tripe.

Justin Raimondo on Fox Business Channel (video)

Antiwar.com’s editorial director Justin Raimondo appeared on Fox Business Channel’s Freedom Watch with Judge Andrew Napolitano tonight, talking about Libya. He appeared with his old opponent, Wayne Simmons, who agrees that going to war in Libya is a mistake. Here is the clip: Watch the latest video at video.foxbusiness.com

Does the Law Matter?

The United States (Government) hasn’t been legally at war since September 12, 1945, when the Japanese forces in Southeast Asia surrendered to Allied Commander Louis Mountbatten in Singapore, ending World War II. And that includes the current action in Libya. That’s right, the Korean “War,” the Vietnam “War,” the first Iraq “War,” the second Iraq [...]