Washington - In a sharp break from his predecessor's approach, President Barack Obama has decided to wait for European and Arab support before intervening in Libya, a stance that critics say will give dictator Moammar Gadhafi more time to launch brutal assaults on his opponents.
With Gadhafi's forces now in control of most of the rebellious city of Zawiya in west Libya and stepping up strikes on opposition-held eastern Libya, the White House is under growing pressure to make good on its call for Gadhafi to leave power after 42 years.
The administration insists that it has moved with unprecedented speed since the crisis erupted in mid-February. It has backed United Nations sanctions, frozen $30 billion in Gadhafi family assets, launched humanitarian operations and round-the-clock surveillance flights and held tentative talks with rebel leaders.
"It is very important for people to understand the kind of dramatic action that has been taken with the leadership of this president and will continue to be taken," White House spokesman Jay Carney said Wednesday. "There has never been a situation where the international community, with leadership by the United States, has acted as quickly as it has."
4 comments:
thanks to obama, our allies consist of terrorists and libya. so i dont really see the point.
Libya is a local issue dealing with unruly, armed, mobs. It's laws are being broken by these mobs. Libya's leader is trying to maintain order according to those laws. Wisconsin is also a local issue being managed under their laws. Our troops don't belong in Libya anymore than Jackson belongs in Madison.
Take a look at some of the arms the Libyan rebels carry. Do you really think they were buried in people's basements before now?
This is no Iraq.
9:24 - What planet do you live on?
I'm so happy that France didn't try to establish a "coalition" before helping us win our freedom. We will go into Irag and Afghanistan to (to do what, again? I keep losing track of the rationalizations, er, I mean "reasons") well, who knows. But we won't help a country fighting for freedom? We don't have to put a single troop on the ground and STILL do a lot. Do we stand for freedom for all, a beacon of hope, or just what we can get other countries to agree with?
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