Upcoming John Locke Foundation Headliner (May 4, Raleigh) Stephen Hayes of The Weekly Standard uses his latest article to focus on freshman U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio’s response to the Libyan conflict:
In an interview yesterday afternoon, Rubio said that failing to remove Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi, after Obama publicly called for him to go, would have grave consequences for America’s reputation in the region and in the world.
“When an American president says the guy needs to go, you better make sure that it happens because your credibility and your stature in the world is on the line,” he said.
While Rubio is critical of some details of the Obama administration’s handling of Libya – they waited too long to act, he says, and failed to provide a clear objective for U.S. involvement – Rubio supports President Obama’s decision to intervene.
