<prompt> Qedela le nkulumo elandelayo: ILibya yathinteka kakhulu yi-Arab Spring. Kwaqubuka imibhikisho emelene nohulumeni eBenghazi, eLibya, ngoFebhuwari 2011, futhi uhulumeni kaGaddafi waphendula ngamasosha. Ekuqaleni, uhulumeni ka-Obama wenqaba ukunxenxa ukuba kuthathwe izinyathelo ezinqala kodwa wahlehla ngemva kokuba i-Arab League icele ukuba amazwe aseNtshonalanga angenele eLibya. Ngo-March 2011, ukusabela kwamazwe ngamazwe ekucindezelweni kwezempi kaGaddafi kwafinyelela umvuthwandaba ngesinqumo seZizwe Ezihlangene sokuphoqelela indawo yokungaphazanyiswa kwezindiza eLibya. U-Obama wagunyaza amabutho ase-U.S. ukuba ahlanganyele  <response>: ukuhlaselwa kwezindiza zamazwe ngamazwe ezivikelweni zomoya zaseLibya kusetshenziswa imishini ye-cruise Tomahawk ukuze kusungulwe indawo evikelekile. Ukungenela kwaqondiswa i - NATO, kodwa iSweden namazwe amathathu ama - Arabhu nawo aba nengxenye kulenkonzo. Ngokusekelwa amabutho ahlangene, abavukeli bathatha iTripoli ngo-August owalandela. 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. Ngo-September 2012, amavukela-mbuso angamaSulumane ahlasela inxusa laseMelika eBenghazi, abulala u-Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens namanye amaMelika amathathu. AmaRepublican agxeka kakhulu indlela uhulumeni ka-Obama owasingatha ngayo ukuhlaselwa kweBenghazi, futhi amisa ikomidi elikhethekile eNdlu ukuze liphenye ngalokhu kuhlasela. Ngemva kokuba ngumongameli, u-Obama wavuma ukuthi iphutha lakhe elibi kakhulu lokuba ngumongameli kwakhe kwaba ukungakwazi ukubona kusengaphambili imiphumela yokuxoshwa kukaGaddafi. 