Conyers: Congress Should Bar US Ground Troops From Libya

In the wake of President Obama's decision to go to war in Libya without Congressional authorization or debate, there's a heightened level of public and media cynicism about the ability of any Congress to constrain any administration on warmaking in any way whatsoever.

This is dangerous. It's important for Congress to assert its war powers: important to prevent the US from being sucked into another quagmire, important to build pressure for a negotiated resolution in Libya by shutting down the possibility of further military escalation, important for future efforts to prevent and limit US wars, that Congress act affirmatively to impose limits.

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