First Coast Tea Party is a part of a Statewide Coalition of Tea Parties in Florida.  The Coalition is named:  Florida Alliance.  Florida Alliance has come together to create a petition against the Libyan invasion by our President.

Congress is the only governmental authority empowered to “Declare War” under Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. constitution.  Yet, the President of the United States has opted to proceed with military action in Libya based on a vote of a group of 15 people in the U.N. Security Council. These are people were never elected and do not have the “consent of the governed” - many of whom seek a weak America.

By firing 114 missiles at Libyan targets on Saturday (3/19/11), the President has engaged our military in a "hostile act" as defined in the 1973 War Powers Resolution. By law, he has until Monday afternoon (48 hours) to report to Congress on this action and then Congress has 60 days to authorize this act or military action must cease.  Even now, after initially backing military action in Libya, the Arab League is criticizing the missile attack (cNBC) and Russia also seeks to command the U.S. Military  (UPI) to stop its attack plan…clarifying how unreliable these “allies” are. That is why President George Washington warned us to avoid foreign influence an... as they are dangerous to our country. Now Secretary Robert Gates reports that the U.S. Military will be under the command of a foreign military coali... (Fox)!

Since Congress is not planning to vote on a declaration of war, this is the only chance that YOU, The PEOPLE will have to tell your Congressional represenatives how to vote.

The Florida Alliance believes that American Military involvement in Libya at this point is unconstitutional, unwise and is likely to escalate in dangerous ways.  It is an unacceptable burden on our economy and on our fine men and women of the U.S. Military who are not supposed to be at the beck and call of the U.N. – but are sworn to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States alone.

The Florida Alliance asks you to take this only opportunity you may have as a U.S. Citizen to stop America’s involvement in a foolhardy and unconstitutional war. 

We ask that you call or write your Congressman and tell them:

VOTE NO ON U.S. MILITARY INVOLVEMENT IN LIBYA

HERE'S THE LINK: 
http://www.votervoice.net/core.aspx?APP=GAC&AID=1284&IssueI...