March 22, 2011

In Defense of Obama over Libya

By Liam Ryan
It would be wise to feel some relief that President Barack Obama, on 19th of March, in a statement in Brazil, said: "I authorized the armed forces of the United States to begin a limited action in Libya in support of an international effort to protect Libyan civilians.  That action has now begun."  Unfortunately, even though the use of force is the most prudent option now, Obama's main reason for doing is misguided. Obama needs to take strong action against Gaddafi, in the national interest of the United States, for two main reasons.  However, there seems to be no unique case for intervention in Libya on purely humanitarian grounds.  The first reason is that Gaddafi has been a threat to US national security and our interests for over thirty years and, unlike all the other Arab leaders still in power; we have a strong and necessary case to - finally - oversee his regime change.  And secondly, the indecisive, weakened and feeble nature adopted by the...(Read Full Article)