Hoyer: Defunding Libya Undermines NATO

[Purveyor]

House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer said Tuesday he opposes the idea percolating in the House to defund U.S. involvement in Libya.

"It certainly would undermine the confidence of NATO in the ability of the president of the United States to participate in support of an effort that NATO had agreed to, that the United Nations had agreed to, and that the Arab League had agreed to," Hoyer told reporters during a briefing Tuesday.

The House GOP leadership is meeting today to discuss a plan on Libya that could come to the House floor for a vote as early as this week. Speaker of the House John Boehner has threatened to pull funds for the operation.

President Barack Obama told Congress last week that he didn't need congressional approval for Libya because the military actions there do not amount to full-blown hostilities, as defined by the War Powers Act.

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[elleng]

1. Heard similar statement from Sen. Kerry, on C-Span, earlier today.

Very powerful.

[Harmony Blue]

2. If it halts NATO's over aggression with the Libya campaign

I am all for it.

[bemildred]

3. So? nt

[Cali_Democrat]

4. Good. n/t

[Harmony Blue]

5. Agreed!

NATO will not collapse if the U.S. pulls out of this war, and the rest of NATO must choose wisely how they proceed forward.

[Hawkowl]

6. Good. At least he gets the point.

Hoyer should be spelled Whore (D).

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

7. It seems to me that what we agreed to ...

... was a couple of days, not weeks, enforcing a no-fly zone.

Not months of providing an ordnance curtain behind which the incompetent rebels can claim victory.

Undermine the confidence of NATO? Which NATO member is under attack?

:hi:

[Mimosa]

8. Which NATO nation was attacked by Libya?

If going after bad dictators who oppress their people was behind these strikes, why hasn't NATO attacked Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe?

[bvar22]

9. NATO is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Global Corporations.

Has been for a while.
It is the Enforcement Arm of the IMF and G-8.
There it is.

[kelly1mm]

10. What Steny seems to ommit it is was not agreed to by Congress, which

is what is required by the war powers act - you know, US law?