民主党人认为奥巴马越权，反对出兵利比亚声明 (中英文对照)

民主党支部反对美国参与空袭利比亚政府军，理由如下：

美国的行为是在插手一个主权国家的内战;
这次行动既没有寻求也没有得国会承诺;
出战决定是仓促的，出战理由过于简单，解释过于潦草，甚至违背政策，也没有考虑到美国眼前和以后的军事危险；
在展开军事行动前，没有对有关事项进行审查，没有得到全国范围的认可;
联合国对利比亚采取军事行动的决议(安理会第1973(2011)）没有给美国总统超越或取代宪法的权威;
这次出兵没有全国性的开支计划做后盾;
目前还不清楚是否利比亚反政府派别，我们正在支持的派别，有能力组建一个全国性政府。

民主党支部认为，奥巴马总统对利比亚的出兵决定超越了他的权限。党支部非常认同2007年奥巴马作为总统候选人时发表的声明：

“根据宪法，美国总统没有权力单方面授权发动军事攻击，除非这种攻击是为了阻止对美国实际发生的威胁或迫在眉睫的威胁。” 巴拉克奥巴马 -2007年12月20日。

起草人:托马斯，豪劳克， 2011年3月24日
Statement of a Democratic Town Committee regarding acts of war by the U.S. against Libya:

The Democratic Town Committee opposes the involvement of the United States in air attacks against the government and armed forces of Libya on grounds that:
The engagement comprises interference in a civil war within a sovereign nation;
Congressional approval was neither sought nor gained for this commitment to war;
The decision to war was made precipitously, upon a sudden and poorly explained reversal of policy, without urgent or foreseeable military danger to the United States;
Little effort was made to examine the issues and win national approval for war before military action commenced;
The United Nations resolution encouraging war on Libya (UNSCR 1973 (2011)) does not override or replace lack of constitutional authority;
The attacks are a national expenditure without appropriated funds;
It is unclear whether the Libyan rebels, whom we now seem to support, have the ability to form a government of national unity.
The Democratic Town Committee therefore believes that President Obama has overstepped his authority in leading the military attack on Libya, and agrees with the statement of candidate Obama of 2007:

"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." Barack Obama - December 20, 2007.

drafted by Thomas Hollocher, 24 March 2011