Obama has received much criticism for his handling of the situation, some deserved, some not. Some people have proven that they will criticize the president regardless of what he does. He could pay off the entire national debt and bring unemployment to 0%, yet there would still be people criticizing him for something.
A mere week ago, there were people criticizing the president for not doing anything to help the Libyan people. Many people wanted at least a no-fly zone, but the president was too weak of a leader to step up and help these people with decisive action. Suddenly, the UN passes a mandate and the president agrees to enforce it by conducting a no-fly zone, which includes attacking air defenses on the ground, and by bombing Gaddafi's forces that are threatening civilians. Now, these same people who were calling for these military actions are condemning the president for overstepping his bounds and acting beyond the scope of the presidency. There have even been calls for impeachment. Ridiculous.
Yes, I know President Obama's actions are contradictory to statements he has made in the past, and maybe that does make him a hypocrite, but it makes him no more of a hypocrite than all of these idiots who apparently have no policy ideas of their own, they just want the opposite of what Obama does.
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