Executive Order 13088, 13536

This kind of freaked me out, so let me share it with you.

As I said in an earlier post, Executive Orders do have power - we fought a war in Kosovo from 1998-99 on Executive Orders issued by Clinton.

How did that start? If you look in the timeline provided in the link above, in June of 1998, Clinton issued Executive Order 13088 - "Blocking Property of the Governments of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro), the Republic of Serbia, and the Republic of Montenegro, and Prohibiting New Investment in the Republic of Serbia in Response to the Situation in Kosovo."

Well, as I was researching Executive Orders for my previous posts, I came across the April 12, 2010 Executive Order 13536 signed by President Obama. This order does the same thing - "Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the
Conflict in Somalia."

Obama's is, admittedly, more detailed and direct. And I will also fully admit that I haven't looked deeper into this - blocking property may be something that the President does by E.O. all the time. Somehow, I doubt it.

As mentioned before, Clinton's E.O. 13088 was the start of an Executive Order driven war in Kosovo. While I wouldn't bet on the outcome of this one, with the recent attacks on Navy ships by Somali pirates, I wouldn't be surprised by anything.