Libya war redrawing US political allegiances
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WASHINGTON — The complexity of the Libya conflict is drawing some strange alliances in Washington’s corridors of power, blurring traditional party lines and dividing both Democrats and Republicans.
While President Barack Obama has drawn support from some hawkish Republicans, including from his erstwhile-rival for the White House Sen. John McCain, some of his Democratic allies on the left are now up in arms.
From within his own camp, Obama on Monday was accused of being “an extremist” who is failing to comply with the law by not winning congressional approval for the involvement of US forces in Libyan conflict..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110623com3.html
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