Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Na Machị 2011, mmeghachi omume mba ụwa nye mmegide ndị agha Gaddafi mere ka mkpebi nke United Nations iji mezuo mpaghara enweghị ụgbọ elu na Libya. Obama nyere ikike ka ndị agha US sonye na
mwakpo ụgbọelu mba ụwa na Libya na-eji ụgbọelu Tomahawk eme ihe iji guzobe ebe nchekwa. N'abalị iri na asatọ nke ọnwa Machị, afọ 2011, Obama gwara mba ahụ okwu site n'ụlọ ọcha na-ekwupụta mwakpo ndị agha US na ndị agha NATO megide ọchịchị Gaddafi Site na nkwado nke ndị agha jikọrọ aka, ndị nnupụisi weghaara Tripoli n'ọnwa Ọgọstụ na-esote. Mgbasa agha Libya ruru n'ịkwatu ọchịchị Gaddafi, mana Libya nwere ọgba aghara n'ihi agha obodo. Ntinye aka Obama na Libya kpalitere nkatọ sitere n'aka ndị otu Congress ma kpalite arụmụka banyere itinye n'ọrụ nke War Powers Resolution. Ọ bụ NATO duziri mwakpo ahụ, ma Sweden na mba ndị Arab atọ sokwa n'ọrụ ahụ. Obama nyere ikike ịgba egbe nke 110 Tomahawk cruise missiles megide ebumnuche na Libya, na nzaghachi maka ihe ndị ọchịchị na-eme megide ndị agha nnupụisi, iji mezuo mpaghara UN na-enweghị ụgbọ elu. Esemokwu bilitere ma Obama iji ike agha eme ihe n'enweghi nkwenye mbụ nke ndị omeiwu bụ iwu, na nkwupụta nke prọfesọ iwu Yale Jack M. Balkin na "Salon.com" onye edemede Glenn Greenwald.