Obama Endorses Military Action To Stop Gaddafi

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Obama Endorses Military Action To Stop Gaddafi

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/19/obama-libya-military-action_n_837914.html



WASHINGTON — After weeks of hesitation and divisions among his advisers, President Barack Obama on Friday endorsed military action against Libya's Moammar Gadhafi, saying U.S. values and credibility are at stake to stop "the potential for mass murder" of innocents.

The U.S. military, which is already stretched thin by two wars and an expanding effort to assist disaster victims in Japan, would take a supporting role, Obama said, with European and Arab partners in the lead. He explicitly ruled out sending American ground forces into the North African nation.

"Left unchecked, we have every reason to believe that Gadhafi would commit atrocities against his people," he said. "Many thousands could die. A humanitarian crisis would ensue. The entire region could be destabilized, endangering many of our allies and partners. The calls of the Libyan people for help would go unanswered. The democratic values that we stand for would be overrun."

That marked a major shift from the public caution expressed until recent days by Obama's top national security advisers, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and the chairman of the joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Mike Mullen. All had said that a no-fly zone or other military action would be a difficult undertaking tantamount to war, or that it could have unintended consequences.

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[KansDem]

2. The Bush Family and the Saudis are going to love this!

They both stand to make huge profits from more war!

[doc03]

3. Now really we are so broke we need to cut SS and Medicare

strip unions of their bargaining rights, cut pensions and jobs and yet we find the money for a third war. Wasn't it Gates that said any American President that would get us involved in another war in the Middle East or Asia should have his head examined?

[malaise]

4. Puke

:puke:

[HEyHEY]

5. Good.

[Upton]

6. Sickening..

[HEyHEY]

7. No, mass murder is "sickening"

IF stopping the mass murder of thousands "sickens" you, then actually watching it must turn you on.

[Upton]

10. You honestly think

the US is doing this purely for "humanitarian reasons?" You can't be that dense..can you?

[HEyHEY]

12. I don't give a shit why they're doing it as long as the killing stops

Plus, if it were any other reason they wouldn't have dithered so much or they would have let Gaddafi win.

[Xenotime]

8. Where did this come from?

[Countdown_3_2_1]

9. Vietnam in the desert.

It won't stop with just planes. That's just the beginning.

[somone]

11. Let the French take care of them. Libya's military is worthless.

[HEyHEY]

14. Plus, it would help the USA see it doesn't need to take the lead in everything

[meow mix]

13. Good

they need the help