Somehow, I caught a piece of last night's news. The speaker was blasting President Obama for 1) sending air strikes against Libya without consulting Congress, 2) saying we would only be involved in Libya for a few days, and it's been almost two months, and 3) saying that no Americans would set foot in Libya, and they have.
It always amazes me how short some people's memories are. I pay little attention to the news, but I can definitely remember those same things happening at least twice within my memory. The last time got us involved in two wars, where we are still involved. Somehow, those times seem to be 'okay'. I can't figure out why.
There may have been other presidents who did the same things, but I was paying even less attention back then.
I'm not saying President Obama was absolutely right for getting us involved in the Libya mess. I'm just saying he was following the example of previous presidents. Since we let the previous presidents get away with it, why are we so outraged when this president does the same thing? Why weren't we outraged when it was done the first time?
One of the problems of being a president is that everything you do could set a precedent. Including the color of socks you choose to wear to a certain meeting.
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