The GOP strategy is now clear

The GOP's strategy on the Libyan policy is clear: if Pres. Obama is for it, they will find a reason to be against it even though they were for it before. In fact, anything Obama does, they are against it as either too late, or too soon because Congress did not debate it or he did not  communicate it enough, costs too much,  violates their ideology in some way, and he did not take command as the US always does or shared too much command with others or shouldered too much of  the military action when others should have done it.

A US public opinion polls reported today on CNN is showing a 60% approval of Obama's Libya approach, mostly because he  was cautious.  Given the barrage of GOP criticism of whatever he did or  however he did it  and the curious joining forces with elements of the far left in opposing all military action, it is a wonder approval is that high.  Other polls show approval at 47% to 50%, depending upon how the pollster asked the questions . While the GOP cackles this is the lowest approval rating ever given a military action, it is similar to the 51% Bill Clinton scored for intervening in the Balkan wars, which the Libyan action most closely resembles. It appears engaging US troops for moral and humanitarian reasons has never been that popular.

Another reason  for the poll results could be  that loyalty to a  given US policy has not been put in the same terms as the W. Bush administration did in attacking  Iraq:
Remember those days when anyone criticized the administration for its excursion into Iraq they were accused of not supporting our troops? Those 71% who bought into that waved their flags, put stickers on their car windows, and sang patriotic songs lustily. That is a mind control technique fortunately not practiced by Obama. Instead, a war weary nation is approving his being cautious and being cautious is not conducive to flag waving anyway. Besides,  bitten as we are by the painful experiences with Iraq, we have been there, done that .