I believe the reason the president bypassed congress is because he knew that the Republicans, who are in control, would take a contrarian approach just to defy him. If that is so, more power to him.
If it were me, in Obama's place, I would have thought out a counterattack on Republicans before even revealing my intentions. What I would have done is to have given Congress a chance to vote on it. As soon as Repugnicants voted it down, I would have made a televised nationwide speech excoriating them. I would have even read out a list of all who voted against the no fly zone. Then I would have told the nationwide audience that I was going to bypass Congress and actually state, in these very words, that "If Republicans don't like it, they could go f*ck themselves". Immediately after saying that, I would have made a formal declaration of war against Libya.
The only way to deal with those moral degenerates is to smash their teeth in first and then smash in their skulls. They think they have the power of inflicting death on whomever they wish for material gain and ignoring the lives of those who have nothng material to offer them.
We have to realize that this issue transcends Libya. It is a matter dealing with the tyrants in our midst. It is them who have to be taken out first.
A brutal death to all political psychopaths.
Villabolo
How can you look in the mirror and not laugh? Seriously
I've asked this before. Still waiting for a legitimate answer