[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 4576]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                      WAR IN THE NAME OF HUMANITY

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, the Middle East is in turmoil. 
Citizens are in revolt and are ousting their dictators. One of the 
worst rulers is Muammar Qadhafi in Libya. Qadhafi is so bad, the 
President has involved the United States military in support of the 
rebels there.
  However, Secretary of Defense Gates has stated our national security 
interest is not at risk in Libya. So why are we there?
  It seems to me this war is being waged under a new ``Doctrine of 
Humanity.'' In other words, the United States will now decide when to 
drop bombs on another country in the name of humanity when a ruler we 
don't like acts against humanity. This fuzzy emotional doctrine 
ultimately gives a President the unilateral ability to intervene 
militarily anywhere the President doesn't like the way a foreign ruler 
treats his people.
  The President needs to clarify this doctrine of ``War in the Name of 
Humanity.'' What constitutional authority gives the President the right 
to enter another country's civil war when our national security is not 
at risk? America needs some answers.
  And that's just the way it is.

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