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Old 03-28-2011, 11:19 AM   #1
Fair&Balanced
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Originally Posted by TheMercenary View Post
The mandate was on compliance on with the 10 years of previous mandates which they failed to comply with. The point here is that Obama stated repeatedly that he would not attack another country to enforce democracy. He failed.
Nope. The last UN resolution on Iraq was specifically worded so as not to authorize (prohibit) an invasion of Iraq.

If the US were to invade Libya with ground forces, I would agree with you.

The UN resolution on Libya

Two weeks ago, I would have voted that Gaddafi would have crushed the rebellion and brutalized thousands of more civilians as a means of reinforcing his power.

Now, I give the rebels a fighting chance, leading to the question of "what next" and is the Libyan National Council a true democratic movement or more likely a rag tag collection of disparate interest groups.

Last edited by Fair&Balanced; 03-28-2011 at 11:44 AM. Reason: add UN res
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