Obama, Cameron Discuss Libya Response
The AP reports:
President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron agreed Tuesday to plan for the "full spectrum of possible responses" on Libya including an arms embargo and a no-fly zone.
The White House emphasis on a full spectrum of responses, in a statement on a phone call Tuesday between the two leaders, underscored the potential for a military response from the U.S. and its NATO allies as Libya slips from Moammar Gadhafi's grip and into civil war.
The White House said Obama and Cameron agreed that the objective must be an end to violence and the departure of Gadhafi "as quickly as possible."
The two "agreed to press forward with planning, including at NATO, on the full spectrum of possible responses, including surveillance, humanitarian assistance, enforcement of the arms embargo, and a no-fly zone," the White House said.
Enforcing a no-fly zone would likely involve a complex commitment of U.S. military might, but there have been increasing calls for one as forces loyal to Gadhafi hammer rebels with airstrikes. The estimates of deaths range from hundreds to thousands.
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