As the international community, the U.S. public is also split in addressing the Western military attack in this case the U.S. military involvement to Libya. In fact, in the state level, Republican in Congress accused the military assault command to Libya by President Barack Obama, violated the constitution. Because the involvement of U.S. military without Congressional approval.

“Unilateral actions of President Obama to use military force in Libya is a violation of the constitution,”said Congressman Roscoe Bartlett, Republican politicians joined in the U.S. House Military Committee.

As is known, the UN Security Council released a mandate application of no-fly zone in Libya on Thursday (17 / 3). The resolution was greeted by France, Britain and the United States by conducting air strikes into Libya since Sunday (20 / 3) until Tuesday (22 / 3)

Because it is still in a trip to Latin America, on Monday (21 / 3), Obama sent a letter to Congress to explain its policy on Libya them. However, Congress is not yet known response to Obama’s explanation.

In the U.S. constitution, a president needs congressional approval to declare war.

Not only in the U.S., the international community was split in addressing the allied military offensive into Libya. Because the resolution mentions the need for implementation of UN Security Council ban on flying in Libya in order to protect civilians from the country’s brutal regime of Moammar Gaddafi, not a mandate to conduct military attacks.

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