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Carl Levin:
Um, Let's Not
Impeach Obama

Mar 22, 2011 2:04 PM CDT

Carl Levin: Um, Let's Not Impeach Obama

Because if this is impeachable, so is every war since WWII

(Newser) - A top Senate Democrat tried to throw some cold water on the talk of impeaching President Obama over the military action in Libya, saying that if what Obama did was impeachable, so was every US military operation since World War II. “That one-day kind of story, which is all...

Jonah Goldberg Thinks the US Didn't Act Fast Enough on Libya; Michael Kinsley Thinks We Shouldn't Have Acted at All

Obama's Libya Response:
Too Much, or Too Slow?

OPINION roundup

Mar 22, 2011 1:21 PM CDT

Obama's Libya Response: Too Much, or Too Slow?

Michael Kinsley thinks the former, Jonah Goldberg, the latter

(Newser) - Today's op-ed page of the Los Angeles Times illustrates how President Obama is taking flak from both sides over his Libya decision:

Not fast enough: Jonah Goldberg thinks Obama blew it by not acting in the early days of Libya's unrest, when a "small intervention" such as bribing military

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US F-15 Jet Crash Lands in Libya; Both Crew Said to Be Safe

US Jet Crashes in Libya

UPDATED

Mar 22, 2011 7:57 AM CDT

US Jet Crashes in Libya

Mechanical malfunction blamed; both crew said to be safe

(Newser) - A US F-15E Strike Eagle jet has crash-landed about 25 miles southwest of Benghazi, the apparent victim of mechanical failure rather than Libyan fire. A Marine Corps Osprey search and rescue aircraft retrieved the pilot, while the second crew member, a weapons officer, was recovered by rebel forces and is...

Freed 'New York Times' Reporters Stephen Farrell, Tyler Hicks, Lynsey Addario, Anthony Shadid Recount Libya Ordeal

Freed NYT Reporters
Recount Ordeal

Mar 22, 2011 6:25 AM CDT

Freed NYT Reporters Recount Ordeal

One remembers being told, 'You're going to die tonight'

(Newser) - Tyler Hicks and his New York Times colleagues were trying to leave Ajdabiya when their driver stumbled into a checkpoint manned by Gadhafi’s forces—and Hicks immediately knew something was wrong. “I was yelling to the driver, ‘Keep driving! Don’t stop! Don’t stop!’”...

Jon Stewart: You Can't Fire Teachers and Tomahawks

Stewart:
Can't Fire
Teachers and
Tomahawks

Mar 22, 2011 4:48 AM CDT

Stewart: Can't Fire Teachers and Tomahawks

Daily Show host slams Libya action

(Newser) - Jon Stewart—dismayed to return from vacation and discover that the world's biggest trouble spots are no longer "Wisconsin and the set of Two and a Half Men"—has a bone to pick with the US bombing of Libya: The name—"Operation Odyssey Dawn"—for starters....

CNN Reporter Lashes Fox Over 'Human Shield Scoop'

Mar 22, 2011 4:24 AM CDT

CNN Reporter Lashes Fox Over 'Human Shield Scoop'

Story was totally hyped, says journalist Nic Robertson

(Newser) - A furious CNN reporter is blasting Fox News for cooking up an "exclusive" story accusing Libyan security forces of using US reporters as "human shields." The Fox piece claimed that CNN and Reuters reporters, among others, were transported to a bomb site in Moammar Gadhafi's compound in...

Brits Feud Over Killing Gadhafi

Mar 22, 2011 3:43 AM CDT

Brits Feud Over Killing Gadhafi

Army chief at odds with government over targeting leader

(Newser) - The head of Britain's armed forces is embroiled in a public dispute with government ministers over the legality of killing Moammar Gadhafi. Gen. David Richards, apparently wary of "mission creep," has rejected ministers' suggestions that Gadhafi is a legitimate target for assassination, reports the Daily Mail . Targeting Gadhafi...

US: Strikes on Libya to Slow

Mar 22, 2011 1:19 AM CDT

US: Strikes on Libya to Slow

Coalition hits Libya for third night

(Newser) - Coalition forces pounded targets in Libya for a third night yesterday, but the general leading US forces says the pace of air attacks is likely to slow soon. The campaign to destroy Moammar Gadhafi's air defenses and establish a no-fly zone is almost complete, and American officials are seeking to...

Ralph Nader: Impeach
'War Criminal' Obama

Mar 21, 2011 4:17 PM CDT

Ralph Nader: Impeach 'War Criminal' Obama

If Bush, Cheney were criminals, Obama is too

(Newser) - Ralph Nader, often a candidate for president and never a fan of the president or anyone who wants to be president , has quickly condemned President Obama's action in Libya , branding him a "war criminal," Mediaite reports. Sound familiar? Nader had the same pet name for George W Bush...

Why Obama Really Went to War

Analysis

Mar 21, 2011 1:39 PM CDT

Why Obama Really Went to War

Administration wanted to resurrect the idea of humanitarian intervention

(Newser) - The Obama administration didn’t really go to war to stop Moammar Gadhafi from committing human rights violations—or at least that wasn’t the only reason, sources tell Massimo Calabresi of Time . Senior officials say that many who pushed for the war pitched it in part as a way...

Donald Trump:
I 'Screwed'
Gadhafi

Mar 21, 2011 12:00 PM CDT

Donald Trump: I 'Screwed' Gadhafi

The Donald says he gouged Libyan leader on rent, then didn't let him stay

(Newser) - Who says Donald Trump can’t be president? He’s got foreign policy experience in spades! In an interview on Fox and Friends this morning, the Donald bragged that he probably had “more experience than anybody” dealing with foreign leaders. “I dealt with Gadhafi!” he proclaimed. “...

Libya Releases
Captured NYT
Journalists

Mar 21, 2011 8:40 AM CDT

Libya Releases Captured NYT Journalists

They are at Turkish embassy and heading home soon

(Newser) - The four detained New York Times journalists have been released by the Libyan government, the Times reports. They were captured by Moammar Gadhafi's forces six days ago and were released today into the custody of Turkish diplomats. Beirut bureau chief Anthony Shadid, reporter and videographer Stephen Farrell (who was captured...

In One Libya Town,
'Absolute Carnage'

Mar 21, 2011 7:44 AM CDT

In One Libya Town, 'Absolute Carnage'

Meanwhile, Gates promises US won't take lead for long

(Newser) - International air strikes have not yet turned the tide in Libya: Rebel forces tried to advance toward the strategically important town of Ajdabiya today, but were stopped in their tracks by heavy tank and missile fire from Moammar Gadhafi loyalists, the New York Times reports. Though international planes were heard...

Gadhafi Compound Bombed

Mar 21, 2011 12:25 AM CDT

Gadhafi Compound Bombed

Strike disabled key command center, say allies

(Newser) - A direct missile strike on Moammar Gadhafi's compound in Tripoli has destroyed a building that functioned as a military command center, allied officials have announced. Gadhafi himself and his home were not targeted, according to authorities. The building was completely demolished, but no casualties were immediately reported. The strike "...

Gadhafi Vows 'Long War'

Mar 20, 2011 12:48 PM CDT

Gadhafi Vows 'Long War'

And warns that 'oil will not be left' to US, France, Britain

(Newser) - Yesterday, Moammar Gadhafi told President Obama "I would still love you" even if there was a war between Libya and America. Today, he told allied forces to buckle up. In a telephone call to state television, Gadhafi reportedly spoke of a "long war," saying, "We will...

Mullen: Libya No-Fly Zone Is Up

UPDATED

Mar 20, 2011 10:48 AM CDT

Mullen: Libya No-Fly Zone Is Up

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs stresses limited nature of mission

(Newser) - The US airstrikes launched yesterday against Libya are already having a "significant effect" on Moammar Gadhafi's military, Adm. Mike Mullen said in an interview today. Gadhafi has been unable to "fly the last couple of days," he said, “So I’d say the no-fly zone which...

Graham:
Leadership an
'Inconvenience'
for Obama

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

Mar 20, 2011 10:27 AM CDT

Graham: Leadership an 'Inconvenience' for Obama

GOP thinks Libya invasion is too little, too late

(Newser) - As Mike Mullen made the talk-show rounds to explain the administration's actions in Libya, Capitol Hill's finest followed him around to offer their two cents. Republicans are roundly slamming President Obama, with Lindsey Graham saying he's acting as though “leading the free world is an inconvenience,” and worrying...

Michael Moore
Twitter-Blasts Obama

Mar 20, 2011 7:31 AM CDT

Michael Moore Twitter-Blasts Obama

Left-wing filmmaker outraged over US military intervention in Libya

(Newser) - Michael Moore ripped into President Obama yesterday for taking military action in Libya , reports the Hill , unloading a barrage of criticism via Twitter . A sampling of Moore's outrage:

"It's only cause we're defending the Libyan people from a tyrant! That's why we bombed the Saudis last wk! Hahaha. Pentagon=comedy"

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Why Are France, UK
Leading War in Libya?

OPINION

Mar 20, 2011 6:58 AM CDT

Why Are France, UK Leading War in Libya?

Not national interest, the real reason is about credibility

(Newser) - How did Libya, a desert nation of 6.5 million people and less than 2% of the world's oil reserves, become a French and British war? Michael Elliot in Time checks off a bunch of wrong answers first: No, the outcome in Libya is not a vital national interest of...

Gadhafi Letter
to Obama:
'I Would Still
Love You'

Mar 19, 2011 9:23 PM CDT

Gadhafi Letter to Obama: 'I Would Still Love You'

AP releases excerpts of Gadhafi's letters to president, other leaders

(Newser) - As reported earlier today, Moammar Gadhafi sent a letter to Barack Obama, and another to Nicolas Sarkozy, David Cameron, and UN Secretary-General Ban ki-Moon. AP has excerpts, and they're what you'd expect—and yet somehow, still surprisingly bizarre:

Addressed to Obama (or, in Gadhafi's words, "our son, the honorable

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