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Right. But you're looking at this from your perspective and not The President's perspective. President Obama has made it clear in his criticisms that he belie
by TomOfTTB 16y ago
Right. But you're looking at this from your perspective and not The President's perspective.
President Obama has made it clear in his criticisms that he believes the Bush administration was wrong because it didn't consult the International community. As you cited he clearly believes the International community's approval is above even that of his own congress. So in his mind going to the UN and getting a resolution is a repudiation of Bush who went without one (and in doing so snubbed the political body President Obama seems to have the most respect for)
So I'm not giving an opinion one way or the other on whether Obama's actions are in fact a repudiation of President Bush. I'm simply saying that was clearly his goal.
- anamax 16y ago> President Obama has made it clear in his criticisms that he believes the Bush administration was wrong because it didn't consult the International community. As you cited he clearly believes the International community's approval is above even that of his own congress. So in his mind going to the UN and getting a resolution is a repudiation of Bush who went without one (and in doing so snubbed the political body President Obama seems to have the most respect for) The problem with that analysis is that Bush had more approval from the "International Community" than Obama did. As I wrote, Bush had multiple UN resolutions in support of Iraq and Afghanistan. Obama has one, and it had more absentions than Bush's. In addition, Bush's initial Iraq and Afghanistan coalitions had more members than Obama had at the start of Libya. And, Obama has already lost one.