Really?

[Hlleonard]

There are lots of opinions about what the United States role in the world political theater ought to be...I don't understand why we seem to be committed to humanitarian efforts in some areas and not in others when the need seems to be equal...We seem to want to stick our noses into anything in the oil regions of the world that can be called " humanitarian" and seem to be able to ignore for the biggest part the rest of the world ...There has been only two instances where we acted for good reason and one was when Iraq invaded Kuwait, it isn't wise to let a cancer like Saddam Hussein grow but launching a war to take him out is like a whack-a-mole game,knock one down and another just like him pops up...George Bush senior was wise enough to quit after Saddam was pushed back inside his borders...George Bush junior's actions after 911 had to be done, you cant let somebody shoot you in the back and not punish them for it....We have no business still being in Afghanistan and we had no business launching a war against Saddam Hussein nor have we any business sticking our noses in Libya.

[GeoFisher]

You're making an excellent point, but that's completely separate from the question I was asking. So let me just ask you point blank. If he HAD asked for approval, do you think it should have been given? My basic question is, if we intervened in Iraq, why shouldn't we intervene in Libya? What's the difference?

YES......it should have been given. Maybe it would have maybe not.

I really see no difference with Libya or Iraq........except for the political climate we have today...............but I will say this..........for someone COMPLETELY against pulling the trigger on this crap, Obama sure rolled over to the world and did it.

Personally I would have had MORE respect for him had he told the WORLD to F off. THAT would have been sticking to your guns and not giving a **** about what others thought.

Instead he tried to do the right thing.

Later,

Geo

[kygorski]

Screw the UN, where were they in darfur??what are they doing about yemen?And where is that arab league support?

[RoadToad]

I think we did the right thing by helping the rebels here. I really think Ghadafi was going to go in and annihilate as many of them as he could find, and maybe he still will. And yeah, Obama's going to catch hell for how he handled it, but I think he was wrong when he said that in '07, and it's coming back to bite him now that he's President, and he's on the other side of the War Powers Resolution. In his letter to Congress notifying them of the mission, he said he was doing so "consistent with" the War Powers Resolution, rather than "pursuant to" it." This is important, because it shows he's taking the same position that all Presidents have taken since it was passed, namely that the War Powers Resolution of 1973 is unconstitutional. Well, if that's the case, then what he said as a candidate in 2007 is WRONG. So he's painted himself into a corner here.