President Barack Obama said on Monday that Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi’s regime “is coming to an end” and put the rebels on notice their new government must uphold the democratic ideals that they have professed during six months of U.S. and NATO-backed fighting.
“The situation is still very fluid,” Obama said in an afternoon audio statement he made from Vineyard Haven, Mass., where he is on vacation. “But this much is clear: the Qadhafi regime is coming to an end and the future of Libya is in the hands of its people.”
Cautioning that the fighting in Libya is “not yet over” and “there remains a degree of uncertainty and there are still regime elements that pose a threat,” Obama called on Qadhafi to “explicitly” relinquish power. The Libyan leader, the president said, should tell his forces to lay down their arms.
With Qadhafi on his way out, Obama said, what’s important is what comes next.
“As we move forward from this pivotal phase, the opposition should continue to take important steps to take on a transition that’s peaceful, inclusive and just,” the president said, referring to Libya’s Transitional National Council. “As the leadership of the TNC has made clear, the rights of all Libyans must be respected. True justice will not come from reprisals and violence.”
Rather, Obama said, justice “will come from reconciliation and a Libya that allows its citizens to determine their own destiny.”
“In that effort, the United States will be a friend and a partner,” Obama said. “We will join with allies and partners to continue the work of safeguarding the people of Libya as remaining regime elements part of the country, I have directed my team to be in close contact with NATO as well as the United Nations to determine other steps that we can take to deal with the humanitarian impact, we’re working to ensure that critical supplies reach those in need, particularly those who are wounded.”
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No clue all blabber….גיי צוריק שלאפען!
Always ready to take the credit, but the blame? Of course not. Didn’t he blame the Arab spring for the bad econnomy?
run kafaffi run. 2 suggestions where you should hide
1 saddam husseins old bunker
2. osama bin ladens old house
When does the Obama political regime end? Can’t wait for a return to American Pride and the values most of us hold so dear. Anxiously awaiting the 2012 elections!
With Qadafi gone, Syria next, Chavez suffering from yenna machla, and the Castro regime in Cuba loosening up a bit, we have only two places that are in dire need of regime change.
Iran
Washington DC
#2:
Any worse than everyone on this site, who are always willing to give out blame, but never any credit?
@#5 We almost had it in Iran with all the protests after the bogos elections but the world stood by as Iran crushed the protesters just like they do now in Syria.
From a political scientist quoted on a news report last night:
“…Obama’s critics would never give him credit for anything, irrespective of the merits, for detracting from his positions has become their obsession …if his policy on Libya turns out to be correct., they’ll simply say it took too long…”