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March 30, 2011
U.S. President Barack Obama has defended the decision to send American troops in Libya, says Washington has acted "to prevent the massacre". He said that he would not otherwise have been a fraud, which we (the U.S.).
In his address to the nation, Obama said the United States does not undertake to overthrow Libyan leader Muammar Al Gaddafi, but are only willing to let "deadly progress" for the Libyan people.
"They will be able to decide their own destiny and that is how it should be," Obama said.
President’s speech, delivered nine days later, he authorized the military intervention in support of the UN approved no-fly zone would have to answer questions of the mounting direction and purpose of the mission, Fox News reported.
Obama described the U.S. involvement in the "restricted", said NATO and to take full control of the operation on Wednesday.
He also took the opportunity to expose what might be called the Obama doctrine. Under this worldview, the United States abroad may intervene to prevent humanitarian crises, provided that international partners are involved.
"There are times, however, when our security is not directly threatened, but our interests and values. In these cases, should not be afraid to act, but the weight of the action should not be the United States," Obama said.
Unlike his predecessors, Bush has chosen to give a speech on U.S. military action, not the Oval Office, but before a military audience at the National Defense University in Washington.
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