{"id":9037,"date":"2011-03-25T11:24:19","date_gmt":"2011-03-25T15:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/?p=9037"},"modified":"2011-03-25T11:25:03","modified_gmt":"2011-03-25T15:25:03","slug":"eugene-robinson-asks-obama-%e2%80%9cwhat-the-hell-are-we-doing%e2%80%9d-in-libya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/9037\/eugene-robinson-asks-obama-%e2%80%9cwhat-the-hell-are-we-doing%e2%80%9d-in-libya\/","title":{"rendered":"Eugene Robinson Asks Obama: \u201cWhat the Hell Are We Doing\u201d in Libya?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ocregister.com\/opinion\/obama-293574-arab-league.html \" target=\"_blank\">Charles Krauthammer<\/a> on the Right to <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB10001424052748704604704576221142167651286.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop \" target=\"_blank\">Peggy Noonan<\/a> in the middle, denunciation of President Barack Obama\u2019s handling of the war in Libya is expected. \u00a0But tough talk from a reliable liberal like Eugene Robinson?\u00a0 Now, that\u2019s progressive.<\/p>\n<p>Robinson has done his best to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/video\/2011\/03\/22\/eugene_robinson_changes_tune_on_libya.html \" target=\"_blank\">keep up with Obama\u2019s ever-shifting views<\/a> on military involvement in Libya.\u00a0 No more.\u00a0 Today, Robinson apparently can\u2019t interpret the blizzard of mealy-mouthed talking points flying out the White House press office.\u00a0 So, he\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/articles\/2011\/03\/25\/a_mission_wrapped_in_confusion_109341.html \" target=\"_blank\">asking for a little clarity<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>So what the hell are we doing? I realize that President Obama and his advisers have answered this question many times, but I feel it&#8217;s necessary to keep asking until the answers begin to make sense.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>What\u2019s that you say, Mr. Robinson?\u00a0 Obama isn\u2019t making sense?\u00a0 Welcome to the club.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Charles Krauthammer on the Right to Peggy Noonan in the middle, denunciation of President Barack Obama\u2019s handling of the war in Libya is expected. \u00a0But tough talk from a reliable liberal like Eugene Robinson?\u00a0 Now, that\u2019s progressive. Robinson has done his best to keep up with Obama\u2019s ever-shifting views on military involvement in Libya.\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2518,1986,1771,1398,739,2436,116,789,750],"class_list":["post-9037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-posts","tag-bombing","tag-charles-krauthammer","tag-eugene-robinson","tag-flip-flop","tag-liberal","tag-libya","tag-media","tag-peggy-noonan","tag-war"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9037"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9037\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9039,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9037\/revisions\/9039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}