Flanked by eight American flags, Mr Obama said that faced with the prospect of "violence on a horrific scale" in Libya, he felt compelled to act.

To brush aside America's responsibility as a leader and – more profoundly – our responsibilities to our fellow human beings under such circumstances would have been a betrayal of who we are," he said.

Some nations may be able to turn a blind eye to atrocities in other countries. The United States of America is different. And as President, I refused to wait for the images of slaughter and mass graves before taking action."

Why we are in Libya: Obama

‘a betrayal of who we are’ ….. that will go down well with the people of:

Iraq, Afghanistan, Egypt, Palestine, Vietnam, Japan, Cambodia, Laos, Korea, the Philippines, Taiwan, Indonesia, East Timor, Iran, Lebanon, Greece, El Salvador, Cuba, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Columbia, Panama, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, Peru, Argentina, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Grenada, Somalia, Rwanda, Angola, Chad, Mozambique, South Africa, Puerto Rico, ……not to forget her own indigenous peoples …..

So pathetic …..