"Even as the coalition advances in imposing the no-fly zone over the country, coalition members and their allies remain divided over who would take command of the cooperation.
The previous NATO secretary-general Tuesday said that the structure of an allied-led no fly zone over Libya was still unclear, and he expected Turkey would object to NATO's involvement in military operations in Libya."
U.S. Jet Crashes in Libya, Pace of Strikes to Slow - WSJ.com
As Senator Barack Obama said in December, 2007,
- "The President does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation. As Commander-in-Chief, the President does have a duty to protect and defend the United States. In instances of self-defense, the President would be within his constitutional authority to act before advising Congress or seeking its consent. History has shown us time and again, however, that military action is most successful when it is authorized and supported by the Legislative branch. It is always preferable to have the informed consent of Congress prior to any military action."
- "The core principle that has to be upheld here is that when the entire international community, almost unanimously, says there's a potential humanitarian crisis about to take place … that we can't simply stand by with empty words, that we have to take some sort of action," Mr. Obama said at a joint news conference in Santiago with Chilean President Sebastian Pinera."
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Libya cannot fight with NATO forces for a long time
Sorry, but we've heard that a lot in the past 8 years. As we learned in Afghanistan and Iraq, our European "friends" have no fire in the belly. And after Gaddafi, then what? There is no plan, no direction, no sense to this. Gaddafi's been a bad dude for 42 years, and we just smiled at him.
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