Two things besides bowing to foriegn "dignitaries" and making excuses for American intervention that President Obama is known for are is fist bumps and swagger. These two things don't make a president. Perhaps image isn't everything, sorry Sprite. Like a parent who is afraid to raise their child correctly by acting more like their friend than a parent, he should stand up and take action. But the problem is when he does he gets ambushed from both sides.It's not so easy is it Mr. Obama? After getting angry with former President Bush about getting us involved with wars in Iraq and Afghanistan (he and Hillary that is) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1552715/Hillary-and-Obama-vote-to-cut-off-Iraq-funding.html, now all of a sudden they say it is okay to get involved with Libya. Why the change? Both had a dictator. Both had groups wanting independence and both defied the United Nations international laws. So why the sudden change? Perhaps they are finally seeing that sometimes you can not deal with a dictator.
What is the difference? One that President Bush went after attacked us (bin laden). The other we tried to negotiate with for 6 months (hussein). We tried to work with the UN for six months. But hardly anyone had enopughguts to do anything about it. Remember appeasement? It didn't work in the 1930's. It won't work now. Thank you to all the British, Italians, Australians, Japanese, and Spaniards by the way for sticking up for freedom. This one (quadaffi) we did in 31 days. There is no exit strategy; another argument from the left against President Bush, and the leading words coming from the horse's (or something related to a horse) mouth itself. The speech tonight really gave us nothing new to learn or cleared anything up.
However, with all that said, the President is actually in the right here. Bombing Libya is a correct action but it needs to be more if it is going to be effective. Thumbs down to the Republican-held Congress for arguing about using military action. The Constitution gives him full range of the military for 60 days then he has to ask for more permission. It's called being commander-in-chief. But unlike Bill Clinton versus Somalia, or Bosnia, or Rwanda, or Kenya, or anywhere else he might have hit and failed as he let genocides of thousands of people to continue because it took months perhaps years to even make a decision on what to do and then waste opportunities to hit when needed, it should be more like what Bush said: http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/blbush-quote.htm. Be patient but hit the right thing. Now maybe, you will understand that you have to stop fist-bumping, apologizing, and bowing and start shaking hands, stand up and be bold like a real leader. And whatever you do, don't swagger like a cowboy.
Thumbs up to the commander-in-chief. No one likes war but a dictator is someone you can not deal with, remember that in your next health care bill, hidden taxes, and stimulus packages next time.
