The Senate may have passed a resolution last week unanimously condemning the violence in Libya and suggesting the U.S. consider a no-fly zone, but a large swathe of the chamber still seems ambivalent at best about the idea of employing any type of military maneuvers in North Africa right now.
You wouldn't know that from listening to a handful of tough-talking senators (McCain, Lieberman, Graham, Kerry, Menendez et al ) who are calling loudly for the U.S. to join its allies and impose a no-fly zone over Libya. But I took the pulse of senators earlier this week and many of their colleagues do not share their enthusiasm for such an endeavor. The military resistance, in particular, seems to be dampening enthusiasm.
On the flip side, there seem to be growing calls in the Senate for a sustained military presence in Iraq after 2011. Not sure how well that's going to go over politically, either in the U.S. or Iraq ...
You wouldn't know that from listening to a handful of tough-talking senators (McCain, Lieberman, Graham, Kerry, Menendez et al ) who are calling loudly for the U.S. to join its allies and impose a no-fly zone over Libya. But I took the pulse of senators earlier this week and many of their colleagues do not share their enthusiasm for such an endeavor. The military resistance, in particular, seems to be dampening enthusiasm.
On the flip side, there seem to be growing calls in the Senate for a sustained military presence in Iraq after 2011. Not sure how well that's going to go over politically, either in the U.S. or Iraq ...
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