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However, the point was never that America has vital interest in Libya, it was that a dictator was slaughtering his own people and using mercenariness to do it.
Obama said it was in our 'national interests' and perhaps 'vital interests' to support our allies in the UN as they intervene to stop a large-scale massacre. His thrust was that it was in our vital interests to support our allies and abide by our treaties to do so, and it was right to do so given the circumstances. He did not link the vital or national interests to Libya directly.