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#1 Obama: Libyan mission is in the "national interest" of the USA
03-24-2011, 05:59 AM
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Obama: Libyan mission is in the "national interest" of the USA
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First aboard Air Force One on his way here from Santiago, Chile, Obama had to make phone calls to British Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Nicolas Sarkozy to try to clear up confusion about whether the United States is going to be able to hand off responsibility for policing the no-fly zone to key allies.
Then at the news conference here later in the day, Obama faced questions from reporters about whether he adequately prepared the American people before jumping into the difficult mission and whether he could articulate how such an operation is in the national interests of the U.S.
"Where a brutal dictator is threatening his people and saying he will show no mercy and go door-to-door to hunt people down, and we have the capacity to do something about it, it is in our national interest to do so," said Obama.
Clearly aware of the growing disenchantment with the move from fellow Democrats, however, Obama quickly noted it "doesn't mean we can solve every problem in the world."
http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/03/22/obama.libya.poli...
Syrinx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-23-11 05:24 AM
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1. I think President Obama is confused and overwhelmed
And so am I.Lets just paint some happy clouds over at the sunshine and lollipop land
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03-24-2011, 06:14 AM
He'd do better sticking to the humanitarian aspect, then trying to say it's in our national interests.
But I agree, this whole situation just seems to show how ill prepared he is for that job.
I have been wondering if he's gotten a new found respect for Bush, and the decisions he had to make.In most sports, cold-cocking an opposing player repeatedly in the face with a series of gigantic Slovakian uppercuts would get you a multi-game suspension without pay.
In hockey, it means you have to sit in the penalty box for five minutes.
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03-24-2011, 06:59 AM
It just goes to show he is and was never ready to be in office the next election we need someone with more experience in office
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03-24-2011, 07:05 AM
In most sports, cold-cocking an opposing player repeatedly in the face with a series of gigantic Slovakian uppercuts would get you a multi-game suspension without pay.
In hockey, it means you have to sit in the penalty box for five minutes.
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03-24-2011, 10:38 AM
--Odysseus
Sic Hacer Pace, Para Bellum.
Before you can do things for people, you must be the kind of man who can get things done. But to get things done, you must love the doing, not the people!
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03-24-2011, 12:21 PM
Or, he just didn't care. Obama is a dilletante. Libya isn't important to him, and he wasn't about to do anything until he was shamed into it, at which point he did exactly the least amount that he could to save face. When Clinton was playing with Monica while he had the Israeli Prime Minister on the phone, I thought that it was the worst example of indifference to the job that I had ever seen, but ultimately, Clinton could be persuaded to act when he thought it necessary, while I have yet to see Obama take charge of anything, even his signature initiative, the health care bill. This is a guy who just can't be bothered with his job.
--Odysseus
Sic Hacer Pace, Para Bellum.
Before you can do things for people, you must be the kind of man who can get things done. But to get things done, you must love the doing, not the people!
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