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2009. america cannot act alone. here he was tonight. >> we know that the united states is the worlds most powerful nation, will often be called upon to help. in such cases, we should not be afraid to act, but the burden of action should not be americas alone. >> 2009, america cannot act alone. 2011, the burden of action should not be americas alone. whether you are for or against american participation in an international intervention like this war in libya, it is the type of intervention that t...

Peace prize. >> more and more we know how to prevent the slaughter of innocent civilians by their own governor, or to stop a civil war whose violence can engulf and in tire region. i believe that force can be justified on humanitarian grounds, as it was in the balkans, or in other places scarred by war. inaction tears at our conscious and can lead to more costly intervention later. thats why all responsible nations must embrace the role that militaries with a clear mandate can play to keep the p...

Future criticism? >> i definitely dont. i think that their opponents will bring it up and for the most part they will be free lansing they have to negotiate and thats fascinating about the dynamics of this. against the intervention. if you look at the data, the people that are most supported are republicans and the reason is because generally they are pro military intervention and nationalist and believe in american supremacy and have been told for years this is what america has to do. its a spe...

Whatever criticism they can at the intervention. >> i wonder if you sketched out the way the right is going to deal with this in the future. the president tonight gave a very detailed, very clear self ren shall, repetitive idea of multilateralism. the idea that american leadership means diplomacy alongside force, and diplomacy means getting the world go along with what we want, which means participate rather than lead from a military perspective. that is multilateralism. thats something hawkish ...

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With high flying fighters and bombers. as president obama addressed the nation on day ten of the american involvement in this war in libya, the multi lateral character of the intervention, the international nature of war was sort of his point. the u.s. would not be the lead in libya, but the international character of the intervention was a key reason why he committed the u.s. to this at all, and why he thought it was a good idea. >> america cannot use our military wherever repression occurs. gi...

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Country and this particular moment, and then describing very libya-specific reasons why this intervention made sense to him and his calculation of whether or not the u.s. should get involved. the press of the united states of america. cluk over how the president justifies use of american military force, how a president elected in part because of national revulgs about the previous presidents use of military force, how he justifies military action of his own. whether or not you like this interven...

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The multiinternational nature of war, sort of the presidents main point, but the u.s. not only would not be in the lead, but the international character of the intervention was a key reason why he committed the u.s. to this at all and why he thought it was a good idea. >> america cannot use the military wherever repression occurs. given the costs and risks, we must measure our interests against the need for action. but that cannot be an argument for never acting. on behalf of whats right. in thi...