If there was a Republican president in the White House, you can be assured that our conservative friends would do a complete reversal. They would be criticizing Obama no matter what position he took.
You mean kind of like the vast Majority of Libs on this Board. Who screamed at us about Illegal Wars, and not using force unless there is an immediate threat to the US. Are now sitting by giving Obama a pass?
Each crisis should be assessed on its own merits - but conservative political strategy desperately wants to group Iraq and Lybia together.
The difference is demonstrated by the fact that 7 allies (Belgium, Canada, France, Greece, Norway, Qatar, Sweden), who refused to "buy in" to the US invasion of Iraq, are willing to provide military aid in the Lybian crisis.
Coalition of the Willing
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Afghanistan, Albania, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Colombia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, El Salvador, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Georgia, Hungary, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, the Netherlands, Nicaragua, the Philippines, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Uzbekistan.
Lybian Coalition
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Belgium, Canada, Denmark,
France, Greece, Italy, Netherlands,
Norway, Qatar, Romania, Spain,
Sweden, United Kingdom, United States
obama.
