Dem. Rep. Kucinich Throws Obama's Own Anti-War Words Back at Him

Now that Obama has committed to military action in Libya, it will be interesting to see if Democrats and anti-war pundits line up to criticize him. Considering an interview today with Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), maybe, just maybe, it will happen.

Appearing on Fox News today, Kucinich opened up his interview by reading a quote from none other than Barack Obama, who back in the day criticized President Bush for military action in the Mideast:

"I'm gonna read this and then tell you who said it. '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.' Now that was Barack Obama who said that on December the 20, 2007. We've got to be very sure here that we follow the Constitution, and president Obama didn't do that."

Kucinich also had this nugget: the intervention we've already committed to will cost "half-a-billion dollars."

“We cannot be the policemen of the world, as tragic as the situations are across the world, the United States cannot afford nor do we have the authority to go and intervene," he added.

As Gateway Pundit reports via USA Today, back in 2007 Obama said preventing genocide is not enough to justify military action:

Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama said Thursday the United States cannot use its military to solve humanitarian problems and that preventing a potential genocide in Iraq isn't a good enough reason to keep U.S. forces there.

"Well, look, if that's the criteria by which we are making decisions on the deployment of U.S. forces, then by that argument you would have 300,000 troops in the Congo right now — where millions have been slaughtered as a consequence of ethnic strife — which we haven't done," Obama said in an interview with The Associated Press.