Last week, when Libyan tyrant Muammar Qaddafi had reportedly fallen from power, Senator John McCain, along with his colleague Senator Lindsey Graham, issued (in part) the following statement:
The Republican senators were referring to the political debate that played a role in determining whether the United States would intervene in Libya on behalf of the revolutionaries. At the time, six months ago, after a few days of unrest and the onset of a civil war between revolutionaries and Qaddafi’s forces, many respected foreign policy players urged President Obama to intervene in Libya. The president waited several weeks before finally entering, by which time Qaddafi’s forces were able to become better entrenched in the war and better organized. Moreover, when the president finally decided to enter, he did so without the full force and strength of the U.S. military.
