The President's Credibility Gap

Ross Douthat, New York Times
Addressing the nation Monday evening, President Obama suggested that the United States was in the process of reducing its military footprint in Libya, even as he explicitly rejected the idea of pursuing regime change in Tripoli by force of arms. Both statements seemed calculated to make our intervention seem tightly limited rather than open-ended. (“I want to be clear,” Obama said. “The United States of America has done what we said we would do.”) But two days later, both look dubious in the extreme.

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/03/31/the_president039s_credibility_gap_252990.html

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