White House Negotiates With Dancing With the Stars Before Libya Speech 3
Before his speech Monday night, President Obama had to contend with a more daunting obstacle than enforcing the Libyan no-fly zone, and that was Dancing with the Stars. It turns out the White House had to negotiate a time with ABC that did not interfere with the broadcast of the second highest-rated show on television. From the article: "A White House spokesman, Joshua Earnest, sent a statement by e-mail: 'The White House routinely works with the networks, as a group, in circumstances like these to find a time that’s respectful of both the networks and their audience – while ensuring that the president has the platform he needs to deliver an important message to the American people.'”
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Obama's justification for going into Libya is the approval of the Arab League and not the approval of Congress?
After Iraq and Afghanistan, how can you even ask? I think it is safe to take Congress for granted in this, for two reasons:
1) Gadaffi is a "communist" (never mind that Communism has nothing to do with what he stands for, coz' he's a commie)
2) War means big profit for the weapons manufaturers, who sponsor much of Congress.
No, the Arab League are much more important, because Libya is an Arab country, and you don't want yet another scenario where the US is seen as the world's bully-boy going after Muslims.