The White House on Libya 3/26/11

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Good morning,

I'm writing today with an update on the situation in Libya, including  the actions we've taken with allies and partners to protect the Libyan  people from the brutality of Moammar Qaddafi. For further details,  please take a moment to watch this morning's Weekly Address:

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Sending our brave men and women in uniform into harm's way is not a  decision I make lightly. But when someone like Qaddafi threatens a  bloodbath that could destabilize an entire region, it is in our national  interest to act.  In fact, it’s our responsibility.

Our mission in Libya is clear and focused -- and we are succeeding.

Along with our allies and partners, we are enforcing the mandate of  the United Nations Security Council.  Working with other countries, we  have put in place a no-fly zone and other measures that will help  prevent further violence and brutality. Qaddafi's air defenses have been  taken out, and his forces are no longer advancing across Libya.

As a consequence of our quick action, the lives of countless innocent  civilians have been saved, and a humanitarian catastrophe has been  avoided.

The role of American forces in this mission is limited. After  providing unique capabilities at the beginning, we are now handing over  control of the no-fly zone to our NATO allies and partners, including  Arab partners like Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.

The United States has also joined with the international community to  deliver urgent humanitarian assistance.  We're offering support to the  Libyan opposition and have frozen tens of billions of dollars of  Qaddafi's assets.

Our message to Qaddafi is clear: attacks against innocent civilians  must end, his forces must be pulled back, humanitarian aid must reach  Libyans in need, and those responsible for the violence in Libya must be  held accountable.

The progress we've made over the past seven days demonstrates how the  international community should work, with many nations, not just the  United States, bearing the responsibility and cost of upholding  international law.

Every American can be proud of the service of our men and women in  uniform who have once again stood up for our interests and ideals.  And  as we move forward, I will continue to keep each of you fully informed  on our progress.

Sincerely,

Barack Obama

President of the United States

P.S. On Monday evening at 7:30 p.m. EDT, I will deliver an address at  the National Defense University in Washington, DC on the situation in  Libya. You can watch the speech live at WhiteHouse.gov/live.

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[Mr VJP]

[table][tr][td][/td][td]"I would not have involved our military in Libya. For one  thing, I see no reason why the Arab League, which gave the no-fly zone  notion a big thumbs-up, doesn't take on that job. They have pilots and  jets. Why is it that America and the European nations always have to do  their dirty work? All it ever gets us is the ongoing hatred and  resentment of Arabs and Muslims. Besides, unlike most people, I have not  been sitting on the sidelines rooting for the rebellion forces in the  Middle East. I do not confuse enemies of my enemies with friends. I have  no reason to think that when the smoke clears, we are going to see a  lot of George Washingtons and Thomas Jeffersons running any of those  moral swamplands. It is far likelier that Al Qaeda, Hamas, the Muslim  Brotherhood and Hezbollah, will fill any and all power vacuums in that  part of the world, with the mullahs in Tehran pulling their collective  strings. ... I am not suggesting that the U.S. military should never  venture out beyond our borders, but we should have a better reason for  doing so than because CNN is showing us one bunch of anti-American  creeps killing another bunch of anti-American creeps. In short, we  should not be letting the 6 o'clock news determine our foreign policy."  --columnist Burt Prelutsky[/td]  [/tr]  [tr]  [td][/td][td]

"Hourly cost of whatever it is we're doing in Libya:  about $4 million. Total cost of building one mile of border fence, as  undertaken by our horribly inefficient, bloated, largely incompetent  federal government: about $2 million. So, every 30 minutes we're in  Libya is one mile of border fence we could have built: Assuming the  mission is accomplished in each case, which investment would make us  safer?" --columnist Kevin D. Williamson

Advice: "I warn my brother [Obama], don't you let these  wicked demons move you in a direction that will absolutely ruin your  future with your people in Africa and throughout the Arab world. ... Why  don't you organize a group of respected Americans and ask for a meeting  with Gadhafi? You can't order him to step down and get out. Who the  hell do you think you are?" --Nation of Islam head Louis Farrakhan

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We have no business in Lybia and shouldn't have gotten involved or put any of our troops in harm's way .

We have now pee'd away a few more million dollars in missiles , etc .. Even if it's left up to NATO , we pay most of the bill there also .

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That's a few more HUNDRED million dollars.I don't understand why Libya is the United States responsibility either.I wouldn't mind seeing k-g-q-adafi overthrown or killed but the U.S. should have done that when Pan AM flight 103 was blown up.