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Report: Obama Signed A Secret Order Authorizing Support For Libyan Rebels

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Despite stating in his speech earlier this week that the U.S.’s involvement in Libya is “narrowly focused on saving lives,” (a fact that was disputed in the AP’s assessment of the President’s speech), it has been revealed that Barack Obama signed a secret order authorizing military support for Libyan rebels combating Gaddafi and his forces.

Four government sources familiar with the matter have revealed that Obama signed the order – known as a “finding” – sometime within the past two or three weeks. Such measures are often used by the Commander in Chief to authorize secret operations by the CIA.

Earlier, the AP noted that, despite Obama’s emphasis on aiding civilians, recent air strikes in Libya have done much to help rebel troops advance on their targets. And, inn an interviews with ABC News’ Diane Sawyer earlier this week, Obama noted that it is “fair to say that if we wanted to get weapons into Libya, we probably could. We’re looking at all our options at this point.”

h/t Huffington Post

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  • skyfet

    This is madness, I really hate this. All you freaking neocons, why don’t you volunteer yourself and your kids for war, maybe then you’ll know the consequence of war.

  • slickerwick

    “Secret Order”? What happened to the whole idea of transparency as promised in the campaign?

    Not to mention he spun like a top during his Libyan speech, per the AP and these latest reports.

  • Ricia

    Somebody impeach him quick before it’s too late! PLEASE!

  • LeviCoultify

    Not so secret anymore.. way to go mediaite

  • leapinlou

    Proof please.

  • Liberal Tormentor

    President Barack Obama, as an Illinois state senator in 2002, said that using military force to topple a murderous dictator amounted to a “dumb war” and should be opposed.

    The whiplash continues.

  • Barack Must Go

    I’ll give em a pass on this one. It’s the first truly American president thing he’s actually done in 21/2 years on the payroll.

  • Robert Stephenson Hearts Mark Schultz

    skyfet said:
    This is madness, I really hate this. All you freaking neocons, why don’t you volunteer yourself and your kids for war, maybe then you’ll know the consequence of war.

    Uh, Obama did it. Not the “neocons.”

    Obama is arming al qaeda, unbelievable. This is like a bad nightmare.

  • More Liberty5

    O-Bomb-a is nothing but a corporatist chicken-hawk warmonger.

  • andthehorseyourodeinon

    Duplicitous douche bag

  • MrTPar_taY

    Thank God for the Bush Doctrine and his “War on Terror”. As clueless as obaMao is about anything other than campaigning at least he can follow in GWB’s well travelled footsteps. Where are all the DemoKKKrupts whining about his expansion of the Patriot Act? Guess our Constitutional guarantees from the First Amendment’s still working. Oh, that’s right, DemoKKKrupts hypocrisy only raises its’ ugly head when Republicans are in office.

  • slickerwick

    skyfet said:
    This is madness, I really hate this. All you freaking neocons, why don’t you volunteer yourself and your kids for war, maybe then you’ll know the consequence of war.

    You seem confused. Obomba is the neocon here. Or do you have reading comprehension problems?

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  • CarmanK

    Treason has no offense in todays’ republicon politics. Revealing that “secret” order is treason and puts american lives and our allies at risk. I thought Ruppersberger did a good job of evading reporters when they questioned him as a member of the GANG of 8 (what a repulsive name)! but the repug reinterated that the president did notify them of such an order. He betrayed his his position and the people of the US. See, that is why the repugs never revealed anything or consulted with congress, they knew their members could not be trusted to SHUT UP!!

  • More Liberty5

    All you liberals and neocons are the same.

  • cjd ohio 1

    CarmanK said:
    Treason has no offense in todays’ republicon politics. Revealing that “secret” order is treason and puts american lives and our allies at risk. I thought Ruppersberger did a good job of evading reporters when they questioned him as a member of the GANG of 8 (what a repulsive name)! but the repug reinterated that the president did notify them of such an order. He betrayed his his position and the people of the US. See, that is why the repugs never revealed anything or consulted with congress, they knew their members could not be trusted to SHUT UP!!

    hail a dictator

  • Spike1

    Does anyone know who these rebels are for sure ? It seems like we went through this once before when we gave the Afgan tribesmen stinger missiles, and look where that got us. Ten years later we are still involved in a war that we could have avoided if we would have minded our own business and kept the Russians tied down instead of our military. There probably would have never been a 9/11. It’s very possible that Bin Laden and AlQaeda would have been destroyed in Afghanistan. Sorry about the spelling, I didn’t go to Harvard.

  • Fuzzytoes

    Secret order released to the public.
    Who’s the traitor?
    Put him in jail with that kid that leaked.

  • Spike1

    GE it brings good things to life. It also doesn’t pay taxes and makes huge profits building war machines that the tax payers are funding. Your taxes don’t protect America, just look at our borders. your taxes are killing people in foreign countries that are no threat to us.The U.S. government Republican & Democrat is owned by the large corporations and does what it is told to do. Government by the people and for the people, No! The corporations buy the government.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Bob-Hubble/100001340708758 caconservative

    Barrack “the transparent” Obimbo is signing secret orders, on top of ordering an unlawful military action in a foreign country? How many times, and ways can this pile of Whoopie dog-mess usurp the law and get away with it?! Why the hell isn’t John Boehner asking for a full House investigation into crimes this clown has committed that are impeachable?!!

  • vickiefreitas

    There is definitely more than meets the eye in attack on libya…
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  • lane

    No surprises here, except having four leaks. That’s crazy. Every president authorizes these actions, like Alex’s article notes. I wonder if being an ‘international effort’ is the reason for this being so open. The left needs to stop attacking Obama on these military matters. While a senator, he was anti-war, but as a candidate in the general election, he repeatedly followed McCain in the debates agreeing on his military POV. He also had to have learned that he was wrong about Iraq, and McCain and Lieberman were right.

    When you elect someone with little experience, you get what you get. Someone’s who when faced with real responsibility has to do what is right for the country. So, stop the whining….. He’s doing his job….

  • lane

    did not mean to imply that disagreeing is necessarily whining. I’m just referring to the whining I see being the far-left only. War is always hell, and I’m sure every president struggles with what is always a complicated and unpredictable path.

  • Nancillarypeloslinton

    Obamugabe may not be able to get anything else right but starting a 3rd war, killing terrorists and suspected terrorists (let the collateral damage fall where it may) using the SEALs or Predator drones, expanding the Patriot Act, thank goodness Obamugabe had President George W. Bush’s blueprint for the War on Terror. You’re doing a fine job ‘Bammy!

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