When President Obama authorized an intervention in Libya in March, pundits rushed to declare an Obama Doctrine.But one decision does not a doctrine make, despite the popular idea that every modern president must have one. Although Obama seemed to embrace the concept of “responsibility to protect” in intervening in Libya and calling for Muammar Gaddafi to step down from power, he has not done the same in Syria. If Gaddafi must go because he is unwilling to reform and has employed extreme state-controlled violence against a population that no longer fears him, so should...
Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/04/29/a_doctrine_of_inconsistency_in_middle_east_254591.html
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