On Libya, Obama Willing To Let Allies Take The Lead -- Washington Post
Bill Clinton was criticized for standing by during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda and waiting for years to use force in the Balkans. He finally did so in Kosovo without a U.N. Security Council resolution, a case that is being examined by European countries and the Obama administration as they decide how to proceed in Libya.
George W. Bush took that unilateral approach even further following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. The Bush administration failed to secure a Security Council resolution before the 2003 invasion of Iraq, and generally found international institutions more confining than useful in addressing America's post-Sept. 11 problems.
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Update: Clinton warns against unilateral US move on Libya -- Reuters
My Comment: The civil war in Libya is giving me evidence on how much U.S. power and influence has deteriorated in the past few years. A brutal dictator who has looted the wealth of his country is now fighting against the majority of his countryman .... and the U.S. is looking at others for leadership on this conflict.
Sighhhh .....
Words escape me .... but considering who is in the White House .... and as I have mentioned in this blog at least a gazillion times in the past two years on what are President Obama's real priorities (and it is not foreign affairs) .... the White House lack of leadership on this crisis is all too predictable.