From The Heritage Foundation:
Foreign Policy/International Affairs
The Way Forward in Libya
by James Phillips, James Jay Carafano, Morgan Roach
The Heritage Foundation
June 15, 2011
The Obama Administration, which launched the war in Libya with no clear military plan or exit strategy, now must fashion an acceptable way forward. The Administration’s short-sighted effort to score a quick and easy military victory over Colonel Muammar Qadhafi’s regime failed to end the threat to civilians in “days not weeks,” as President Barack Obama promised. Unless Qadhafi can be persuaded to step down, civilians will continue to be killed in the stalemated civil war, undermining the stated humanitarian goals of the intervention. U.S. policy must honor commitments to NATO but also scope the effort consistent with U.S. interests. The President has failed to consult Congress adequately on this matter; therefore, it is appropriate for Congress to propose a reasonable path forward that respects the commitments made to U.S. allies and the constitutional authority of the commander in chief but sets clear limits on what Congress will support.
URL: www.heritage.org/Research/Reports/2011/06/US-Role-in-Libya-and-the-Way-Forward
Foreign Policy/International Affairs
The Way Forward in Libya
by James Phillips, James Jay Carafano, Morgan Roach
The Heritage Foundation
June 15, 2011
The Obama Administration, which launched the war in Libya with no clear military plan or exit strategy, now must fashion an acceptable way forward. The Administration’s short-sighted effort to score a quick and easy military victory over Colonel Muammar Qadhafi’s regime failed to end the threat to civilians in “days not weeks,” as President Barack Obama promised. Unless Qadhafi can be persuaded to step down, civilians will continue to be killed in the stalemated civil war, undermining the stated humanitarian goals of the intervention. U.S. policy must honor commitments to NATO but also scope the effort consistent with U.S. interests. The President has failed to consult Congress adequately on this matter; therefore, it is appropriate for Congress to propose a reasonable path forward that respects the commitments made to U.S. allies and the constitutional authority of the commander in chief but sets clear limits on what Congress will support.
URL: www.heritage.org/Research/Reports/2011/06/US-Role-in-Libya-and-the-Way-Forward
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