Even the French have more guts

Here is the first paragraph of an article from the French press agency with regard to Libya:

"Muammar Gaddafi's forces are pushing towards the rebel stronghold of Benghazi and predict they will suppress the rebel uprising within days. Meanwhile, world leaders continue to dither on imposing a no-fly zone over the country."

Further in the article, the reporter identifies the USA along with Chine and Russia as one of the powers that have questions about the wisdom of a no fly zone.

President Obama has earned the condemnation of the world for his conduct regarding Libya. Just as he did last year with regard to the uprising in Iran, Obama has had the USA watch while a movement that sought the overthrow of a totalitarian enemy of the USA and the imposition of a democratic government was crushed by the dictatorship. obama has had the USA watch as pro-democracy protesters/rebels have been killed along with their famillies. Obama has done nothing, NOTHING!!!!

After 9-11, the USA announced that its policy was to encourage democracy across the Middle East. Iraq now has a democratic government rather than a murderous dictator. The express hope was that the new day in Iraq would encourage others across the region to try to achieve the same result. Of course, since the policy was a pronouncement of George W. Bush, Obama was against it. Obama and the others of his party told us over and over again that Bush's policy was not realistic; instead it was just an excuse for war. According to Obama and the Democrats, Bush and his people just did not understand the Middle East; there would never be a true democracy movement there because the Arab culture would not support it. Well they were wrong. It is the Arabs who are rising up to overthrow the dictators and who seek to have democracy.

But Obama just cannot accept the idea that Bush was right and Obama was mistaken. So he does nothing while the best chance in a generation to move the Arab world towards peace and away from jihad gets crushed under the jackboots of Gaddafi's thugs. It seems that Obama is incapable of putting the best interests of the USA ahead of his own need to be right all the time. It is a very immature kind of behavior. Unfortunately, this passive aggressive behavior by Obama will result in thousands of deaths in the next month and countless more as the crazed rule of Gaddafi continues in Libya.

And before someone tells you that the USA will be on good terms with Gaddafi after this, just remember that even though Obama did nothing, he did announce that Gaddafi had to go. So his policy had the worst of all worlds. Obama is letting the democracy movement get crushed. He angered the Gaddafi group by calling for Gaddafi's ouster. Obama made clear to our friends and enemies alike that under his leadership (and I use that term in jest), the USA will do nothing more than dither when faced with a problem.

Hopefully, in less than two years Obama will be a former president. I suggest that at that time, Obama should start a new concept, a lack of thought tank, sort of the opposite of a think tank. He would be perfect for it. He could develop countless methods for avoiding all decisions.

The American people deserve a leader to be the president. Even a president like Bill Clinton with whom I disagreed often would never have allowed this mess in Libya to unfold in this manner. The truth is that Hillary's famous campaign commercial was right on the money. That 3 AM phone call has come into the White House more than once. And we now know Obama's response: he has chosen not to answer the phone.