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Be the headquarters for the libyan war. that war effort will now be run by nato. the no-fly zone part of it and the bombing gadhafi's ground troops part of it which they call something like protecting civilians. this ship named after the highest peak in the continental united states will no longer be the place from which the libyan war is run. does that mean american personnel will be doing any less of the war making in libya? and are u.s. taxpayers funding any less of the war making in libya, even if the united states military is not running it from that particular ship? answers to those ques...

Iraq. >> if we tried to overthrow gadhafi by force, our coalition would splinter. we would likely have to put u.s. troops on the ground to accomplish that mission, or risk killing many civilians from the air. the dangers faced by our men and women in uniform would be far greater, so would the costs, and our share of the responsibility for what comes next. to be blunt, we went down that road in iraq. thanks to the extraordinary sacrifices of our troops and the determination of our diplomats, we are hopeful about iraq's future, but regime change there took eight years, thousands of american and ...

Talk about this particular 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. the libyan intervention and tonight's speech in particular already as the beltway commentary cluk over how the president justifies use of american military force, how a president elected in part because of national revulgs about the previous president's use of military force, how he justifies military action of his own. whether or not y...

Other means. that is the official policy of the u.s. government. also interesting throughout the speech president obama consistently referred to soldiers and diplomats, diplomats and soldiers, talked about people using both sides of american power, using american force and using american persuasion. the elevation of the idea of diplomacy and persuasion there has been a hallmark of this presidency. it was quite literally specific and evident. tonight, i think it dovetails with the end of his speech that defined international persuasion and leadership as the apex of american strength. the idea t...

Bet the farm if the question is war, the answer is yes. but for the rest of the republican and conservative establishment that is frankly more animated by a desire to criticize obama, the libyan war is more of a pickle. you might be reflexively pro-war, but if a democratic president agrees with you on joining the war. what wins? the republicans that find themselves in this trap, they're flipping. step one. demand u.s. military intervention in libya. step two, after president obama inter convenience in libya say uh-oh pose u.s. military intervention in libya. step three, hope no one remembers w...