Obama Gives Libya A Warning...

  Reported earlier, President Obama ordered Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi to take immediate cease-fire, withdraw his forces from rebel-held cities and to stop all attacks on Libyan residents. Otherwise, Qaddafi will have to face military action from the United States, Europe and in entire Arab Nation. However, Qaddafi refused to listen and Obama went ahead with the necessary precautions and unleashed the first round of warplanes and missiles on Libya. The New York Times, reports the conditions of the airstrike,

The mission to impose a United Nations-sanctioned no-flight zone and keep Colonel Qaddafi from using air power against beleaguered rebel forces was portrayed by Pentagon and NATO officials as under French and British leadership. But the Pentagon said that American forces were conducting a campaign to knock out Libya’s air-defense systems, firing more than 100 Tomahawk missiles from nearby ships against Libyan missile, radar and communications centers around Tripoli, the capital, and the western city of Misurata.

If Qaddafi continues to defy Obama’s orders, this entire situation could get out of hand. The United States and its European Allies only launched the first round of missile attacks, and it managed to injure many people. I can't imagine what the second round of missiles would do to Libya. During this point in time, this situation doesn't look it will improve any time soon. For America at least, these are increasingly difficult times, considering we still have our troops in Iraq. As one war is coming to an end, a new one has just started...

Japan: You Have Our Support!

     The biggest question to ask is, what can we do to help? President Barak Obama gives sincere speech about the disaster that Japan had endured. He says his "thoughts and prayers are with the Japanese people" and wishes them the best while they try to recover from the earthquake and tsunami. US forces are willing to help the people of Japan with whatever they need. Already, the US military forces have joined Japanese rescue and relief teams to deal with the aftermath of Friday's devastating earthquake and tsunami. Hopefully we can start seeing the damage being taken care of and Japan restored to how it once was before. So far, this earthquake will definitely go down in history as being a truly catastrophic event.

Don't Ask, Don't Tell Ruling...

     In Washington, many would appeal the ruling to strike down the law that forbids gay men and lesbians from serving openly in the United States military. The Obama Administration has requested an emergency stay of the injunction. Presented in the New York Times, many were not surprised by the governments actions, seeing that it continuously breaks promises,

Mr. Obama campaigned against the “don’t ask, don’t tell” law and has asked Congress to repeal it. But his efforts have been criticized by supporters of equal rights for gay men and lesbians as too slow and insufficient, and the lawsuit has put his administration in an awkward political position. 

Obama did make a crucial mistake in backing out of his word when it came down to the last minute. He was persuaded by the rest of his Administration to repeal it. This could potentially hurt his political position in the long run. Gays and Lesbians should be given equal rights as everyone else. How can we not? They are not threatening or harmful to the rest of our nation, so I don't understand why we shouldn't grant them their freedom. Obama should have stuck with his gut feeling about this entire ordeal, not be persuaded by everyone else. After all, Obama does have the power to make that choice unlike anyone else.

Obama's Dilemma

As seen in the Daily Dish, author,editor and political conservative commentator, Andrew Sullivan, discusses the fundamental problems that Obama faces today.Obama made an opening speech evaluating what needs to be done to our country in order to succeed,

Given how much stuff was coming at us, we probably spent much more time trying to get the policy right than trying to get the politics right... I think anybody who's occupied this office has to remember that success is determined by an intersection in policy and politics and that you can't be neglecting of marketing and PR and public opinion.

 Even though I do like Obama as president, some of his choices haven't been the best. However, unlike the rest he acknowledged his errors and he is determined to make some necessary changes.He is able to speak publicly of his flawless, unafraid of self-criticism. At this moment, he is the best thing we have, and we are fortunate to have him. However, Sullivan does point out the chaos Obama has to face, uninterested in his people,

Politically, he had to deal with a GOP gone insane, and a propaganda machine of such virulence and relentlessness that you can see he is where he is. But although he is right that he lost the connection to us, his supporters, I don't think he could have kept up the hope and change inspiration indefinitely.

Even though this form of action would be profoundly ridiculed, Obama himself has proved to be doing very well politically, out beating others before him. Overall, Obama might actually have what it takes to turn our economy around.