<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngo-March 2011, ukusabela kwamazwe omhlaba ekucindezelweni kwezempi kaGaddafi kwafinyelela umvuthwandaba ngesinqumo seZizwe Ezihlangene sokuphoqelela indawo yokungaphaphami eLibya. U - Obama wagunyaza amabutho ase - U.S. ukuba ahlanganyele ekuhlaseleni kwamazwe ngamazwe ngezindiza  <response>: ekuzivikeleni emoyeni kwaseLibya kusetshenziswa ama-Tomahawk cruise missiles ukuze kumiswe indawo evikelekile. NgoMashi 18, 2011, u-Obama wakhuluma nesizwe eseWhite House ememezela ukuhlaselwa kwezempi yase-US kanye namabutho e-NATO ngokumelene nombuso kaGaddafi Ngokusekelwa umfelandawonye, abavukeli bathatha iTripoli ngo-Agasti olandelayo. Umkhankaso waseLibya wagcina ngokudilizwa kombuso kaGaddafi, kodwa iLibya yabhekana nezinxushunxushu ngemuva kwempi yombango. Ukungenelela kuka-Obama eLibya kwabangela ukugxekwa ngamalungu eCongress futhi kwavusa ingxoxo-mpikiswano mayelana nokusetshenziswa kwe-War Powers Resolution. Ukungenela kwaqondiswa i - NATO, kodwa iSweden namazwe amathathu ama - Arabhu nawo aba nengxenye kulenkonzo. U-Obama wagunyaza ukudubula kwemicibisholo engu-110 i-Tomahawk ngokumelene nemigomo eLibya, ekuphenduleni izenzo zombuso ngokumelene namabutho amavukela-mbuso, ukuphoqelela indawo ye-UN engakwazi ukundiza. Kwaphakama impikiswano ngokuthi ngabe ukusetshenziswa kwebutho lika-Obama ngaphandle kwemvume yangaphambilini yeCongress kwakuhambisana nomthethosisekelo, ngamaphuzu kaProfesa wezomthetho waseYale uJack M. Balkin kanye nomhleli we Salon.com uGlenn Greenwald. 