You remember when Bush had pleaded to the United Nations asking for Saddam Hussein to either disarm or disclose his so-called weapons of mass destruction or face serious consequences? And when Hussein didn't, it gave an indicator to the United States to invade Iraq, without Congressional approval?
The same thing may end up happening to Obama over the situation in Libya.
When British Prime Minister David Cameron proposed the the idea of a no-fly zone over Libya, many countries including France and Italy supported the notion and the United Nations felt it was a good idea.
Now it seems there is a great deal of hypocrisy within the United Nations over the so-called "no fly zone". Critics say members of the UN call it unnecessary for any air strikes launched by Britain, France and the United States, even after Defense Secretary Robert Gates had informed Congress that air strikes would be necessary, if a no-fly zone were to be imposed.
Even with international attention from countries supporting the UN resolution and participating in air strikes, there appears to be little determent from Moammar Gaddafi and his regime who are vowing a long and bloody fight against the rebel opposition.
But perhaps most surprising of all is the hypocrisy of the liberal left in America, now angry at President Obama for supporting the UN resolution and to support the military intervention in Libya. So after weeks of supporting the so called "protesters overthrowing the dictator", now critics are saying we should say out of Libya and avoid another mismanaged catastrophe like we had in Iraq.
Like Bush, Obama called for military intervention without the approval of Congress. The difference is that weapons of mass destruction were not found in Iraq, and with Libya, you have a dictator slaughtering his own people.
As usual though, the liberal left and mainstream news media are silent on this particular issue.
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