Obama: ‘It Was the Right Thing To Do for Us to Intervene’ in Libya

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BARACK OBAMA: "With respect to Libya, I want to be very clear, I continue to believe that it was the right thing to do for us to intervene as part of a U.N. Mandated international coalition to prevent some of the potentially murderous behavior that Gadhafi was talking about. I do believe that it was important for us to properly plan, prepare, and resource what came next. And I think it was possible for us to do that effectively, I think that we didn’t do it as effectively as we should have. That does not negate the importance of us all now investing in making sure that there is a functioning Libyan government. The fact that we now have a government and national court, fragile as it is, requires us to do everything we can to encourage it. And this is a conversation I have had throughout my meetings during this trip, whether in London or now here."