On This Week with Christiane Amanpour (ABC), Gadhafi’s son referred to President Obama as “a friend of the Arab world” and accused us of supporting terrorists, in a reference to the rebels. He also cautioned that “one day we’ll wake up” and realize we supported the wrong people.
Mullen again (he was all over the airwaves today) noted that the missiles took out Gadhafi’s radar and that there was no sign of large-scale massacres of Libyan citizens. Senators Carl Levin (D-MI) and John Kerry (D-MA) echoed that this is a limited action, not a ‘war’ and that Obama is firm on that. Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) didn’t seem convinced, falling more on the too little, too late side of the fence.
Similarly, on Face the Nation (CBS), Senator Dick Lugar (R-IN) noted that “we really have not discovered who it is in Libya that we are trying to support.”
Meanwhile, here are some of the headlines from around the country and the world – I’ll leave it to you to determine which are US papers and which are not. All are courtesy of The Newseum:
- Allies Unleash Attack on Libya; Gadhafi’s forces decry ‘crusader aggression,’ say 48 people die in first day of bombings.
- Libyan defenses attacked; Gadhafi issues pleas, threats to West
- West Hits Libya in Support of Rebels; Jets, missiles hit Gadhafi forces; civilian deaths not verified
- Allied jets in Action as Gaddafi hits Benghazi; Military intervention begins; Thousands flee besieged city
- World Battles a Tyrant; Canadian, French fighter jets in the skies over Libya
- Gadhafi defiant despite attack; US, British and French hit multiple military targets
- Qaddafi forces in Allies’ crosshairs; West after our oil, says Libyan envoy at OIC
- Broad Western coalition launches air strikes against Gadhafi’s forces in Libya
Here's hoping that this will be limited, with no soldiers on the ground, and that the people we are supporting are in fact worthy of our support.
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