Obama Takes a Strong Position on Foreign Policy While Remaining on Both Sides of Each Issue

Obama has said, "It's time for Qaddafi to go." The only problem is that UN resolution 1973 (the resolution that covers this current military operation) "does not explicitly call for the removal of Col Muammar Gaddafi".
Adm. Mike Mullen: U.S. Mission In Libya 'Limited'

Still, the top U.S. military officer said the goals of the international campaign are "limited" and won't necessarily lead to the ousting of Gadhafi.

So where are we now? Our mission is to try and protect civilians... until sometime later... We aren't going to have any boots on the ground. What if ground support is needed for air attacks?

Obama once gave a speech where he referred to what previous leaders have said. He reminded people that they were "just words, just speeches" with that Obama Echo (no-matter where he is).

Saturday night at a gala for the Wisconsin Democratic Party, Obama said to frequent applause, "Don't tell me words don't matter! 'I have a dream.' Just words. 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.' Just words. 'We have nothing to fear but fear itself.' Just words, just speeches!"

Obama has now given a speech in which he said, "It's time for Qaddafi to go". The problem is that he has not taken the steps necessary for this to come to fruition. What is the world to think?

I know that this has been pointed out before, but what happens when after all of the bombing Gadaffi is still in power. Now that the UN is heading this, what direction is it going in?

March 19, 2011
Remarks by the President on Libya

I am deeply aware of the risks of any military action, no matter what limits we place on it. I want the American people to know that the use of force is not our first choice and it’s not a choice that I make lightly. But we cannot stand idly by when a tyrant tells his people that there will be no mercy, and his forces step up their assaults on cities like Benghazi and Misurata, where innocent men and women face brutality and death at the hands of their own government.

We have now committed US troops to a conflict with no clear goals or real stated outcome. We have a US president who has said that we have to stop tyrants from attacking their own people. That's a pretty dangerous thing to say considering that the Middle East is filled with tyrants who kill their own people.

I'm not trying to just rail on Obama but come on; the left touted Obama as the smartest president in decades. I don't see it.

I think those on the left are like someone looking at modern art. Most modern art is not "art". I'm sorry, but if someone can make modern art by accident --it's not art. Still there are those who look at some modern art and see brilliance, even when there is none. I think Obama is the modern art president. You have a bunch of people looking at him and trying to figure out what he's thinking. He's either a genius, or he has no idea what he's doing, maybe he's just light on his feet. Judging by the way he has handled the Egypt situation and now the Libya situation; it's looking more and more like Obama doesn't know what he's doing.

Obama's stance on any given subject is "subjective" to the extent that he can't be pinned to any position on any subject. Is that really a good quality in a president?

What do you think?

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