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Barack Obama

So while I will never minimize the costs involved in military action, I am convinced that a failure to act in Libya would have carried a far greater price for America.

Barack Obama

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Barack Obama acknowledges that military intervention has serious consequences, but he believes that not intervening in Libya would have resulted in even worse outcomes for the United States. He is emphasizing that the risks of inaction outweigh the costs of taking military action in this situation.

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