Uh, It's Jayvee.

ellobofilipino:

coeus:

Moammar Gadhafi’s blood-streaked body was on display in a commercial freezer at a shopping center as Libyan authorities argued about what to do with his remains and questions deepened over official accounts of the longtime dictator’s death.

Also Friday, new video emerged of his violent, chaotic last moments, showing fighters beating him as they drag him away.

Nearly every aspect of Thursday’s killing of Gadhafi was mired in confusion, a sign of the difficulties ahead for Libya. Its new rulers are disorganized, its people embittered and divided. But the ruling National Transitional Council said it would declare the country’s liberation on Saturday, the starting point for a timetable that calls for a new interim government within a month and elections within eight months.

The top U.N. rights chief raised concerns that Gadhafi may have been shot to death after being captured alive. The fate of his body seemed tied up in squabbles among Libya’s factions, as fighters from Misrata — a city brutally besieged by Gadhafi’s forces during the civil war — seemed to claim ownership of it, forcing the delay of a planned burial Friday.

This is disturbing beyond words. 

Truly, this is disturbing. And for those who might click the link above, be warned of also equally disturbing pictures.

Although I understand the anger the Libyan people might have with the man, I hope they also would not forget the Islamic traditions concerning the dead. I would like to believe that the revolutionaries are faithful Muslims being that they frequently invoke Allah in the battles.

This makes me wonder though what could have happened to the Marcoses in the Philippines if the crowds in the 1986 Revolution had caught them. Were it not for the Americans, they might have suffered a similar fate.

Oh dear Lord. This isn’t humane or fair even for a dictator. His body was kicked on the streets and paraded through them. They’re celebrating so much over this that they’re forgetting their humanity. I can’t say that without any credibility, though. I am a guy who wasn’t under such a reign as them. I guess this should be the perfect reason why we should all temper our emotions.

And the resemblance to the Marcoses is uncanny. Marcos and Gathafi are both in preservation and aren’t buried. Now this makes me question my positions on the Marcos burial.

I won’t be sleeping well tonight.

Qatar is supplying anti-tank weapons to Libyan rebels in Benghazi as part of its strategy of working to overthrow the Gaddafi regime, officials in Doha have confirmed.

Qatar’s prime minister and foreign minister, Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem, has said that UN resolutions on Libya permitted the supply of “defensive weapons” to opposition forces struggling to fight Libyan armour.

Qatari government officials were reluctant to be drawn on the delivery of French-made Milan missiles, thought to be by sea. “We need to send the Libyans equipment so they can defend themselves and get on with their lives,” a senior source said. “These are civilians who have had to become fighters because of the situation.”

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(via verbalresistance)

hermannview:

1. ‘Congress shall have the power…to declare war…to raise and support armies…to provide and maintain a navy…’(Article 2, Section 8) “Congress would be the only part of government that can start a war. However, some people argue the President has certain war powers as possibly mentioned Article 2 Section 2. Nowhere in the passage does it even hint at the power of the President to unilaterally go into war without Congressional authorization.” (http://bit.ly/hh32wf) 
2. The ability to sign executive orders that act as laws to bypass Congress. This hasn’t been used much in the past 10 years, but it has been used to bypass approval by Congress.
3. Inherent powers, do certain actions in interest of “national security” including violating the Constitution (PATRIOT Act, listening in on Americans to protect from terrorism even though the Supreme Court said it was illegal).Some say they have the power to suspend laws in “wartime.”
4. The Bush Administration has demanded that presidential wartime powers permit the President to assume complete control over any and all aspects of an international war on terrorism. 
5. Presidents have claimed for themselves certain powers that they feel are granted to them under Article II of the U.S. Constitution. 
6. Many President have said they have power of immunity from legislative oversight, since the beginning of the Cold War if not eariler, this power has been asserted

The last one is terrifying. A president without such oversight can run the country independently. It’s a situation I hope doesn’t happen with Obama.

 The measure allows not only a no-fly zone but effectively any measures short of a ground invasion to halt attacks that might result in civilian fatalities. It comes as Colonel Qaddafi warned residents of Benghazi, Libya, the rebel capital, that an attack was imminent and promised lenient treatment for those who offered no resistance.

“We are coming tonight,” Colonel Qaddafi said. “You will come out from inside. Prepare yourselves from tonight. We will find you in your closets.”

Speaking on a call-in radio show, he promised amnesty for those “who throw their weapons away” but “no mercy or compassion” for those who fight. Explosions were heard in Benghazi early Friday, unnerving residents there,  Agence-France Presse reported.

The United States, originally leery of any military involvement in Libya, became a strong proponent of the resolution, particularly after the Arab League approved a no-fly zone, something that Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called a “game changer”