Rep. Dennis Kucinich: Is Obama’s Participation In Libyan Missile Attacks ‘Impeachable?’

Democratic Congressman Dennis Kucinich is not keeping mum about his feelings on the U.S.’s use of military force in Libya, going so far as to wonder whether President Barack Obama‘s participation in air strikes over the tumultuous country constitute an “impeachable offense” because he did not first confer with Congress.

In a letter addressed to Speaker John Boehner (linked to on Kucinich’s site), Kucinich stated that the decision to use military force should not be made without Congressional debate or involvement. To drive his point home, the Congressman quoted Obama himself: “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.”

Kucinich took to MSNBC to further discuss his dissatisfaction with Obama’s decision:

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