Marco Rubio Strongly Backs American Military Operations in Libya

Florida Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio spoke on the Senate floor on Tuesday and, while he was critical of the way President Barack Obama has handled affairs in Libya, strongly backed continued military operations against that nation and called for the removal of strongman Moammar Gadhafi.

Reviewing the recent American military actions against Libya, Rubio insisted, Why we have reached this point is something history will have to explain. Suffice it to say that it didnt have to be this way. And the reason why it is, is 100 percent the result of the presidents failure to lead.

Now, with all that being said, we need to decide what to do next, continued Rubio. This is not about hawks versus doves, or interventionists versus isolationists, or any of the other labels that people throw around here. And this cannot be about how upset we are at the president for botching the handling of this matter. What we need to do next should be decided based on what is in the best interest of our country.

Insisting that the United States is engaged in a fight, Rubio stated there were two possible outcomes.

It can end with the fall of a brutal, criminal, anti-American dictator, said Rubio. Or it could end in the dictators victory over our allies and us. I would suggest that, given these two choices, the best choice for America is the first one, the fall of the anti-American dictator.