WASHINGTON, D.C.-Senators from Georgia and Tennessee are split over colleagues’ calls for the United States to impose a no-fly zone over Libya to prevent Col. Moammar Gadhafi from bombing his own people.
“The United States doesn’t need to be a lone wolf out there from a military perspective or from a perspective of trying to inject ourselves into the affairs of Libya,” said Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga.
But Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., said a no-fly zone across the vast African country is warranted.
“It’s not premature. It’s something we should seriously consider,” he said. It’s “something we could do as a country to help encourage the spread of democracy in the Middle East without the excessive interference with the internal affairs of a country.”
Earlier this week, the entire Senate supported a resolution calling on the United Nations to impose a no-fly zone over Libya, but some senators want the United States to take the lead.