众议院前议长佩洛西为奥巴马政府未经国会批准发动的利比亚打击行动进行辩护
作者：利奥·布里塞尼奥（Leo Briceno）
福克斯新闻
2026年3月3日 美国东部时间上午7:03发布
一段前美国众议院议长南希·佩洛西（加州民主党人）的视频在网上重新流传。视频中，她明确为当时奥巴马政府未经国会授权发动的利比亚打击行动进行辩护——而她认为，总统唐纳德·特朗普在本周末发动自己的打击行动前，本应获得国会授权。
“你是说总统最初不需要授权，现在对利比亚的行动仍然不需要国会的任何授权吗？”2011年的一次新闻发布会上，一名记者问佩洛西。
“是的，”佩洛西明确回答。
这一明确回答与佩洛西对特朗普周六对伊朗发动打击的看法形成鲜明对比。
周六，美国与以色列联合打击伊朗军事领导层，杀死了伊朗最高领袖阿亚图拉阿里·哈梅内伊，理由是必须阻止伊朗发展核武器的努力。
佩洛西迅速谴责这一行动：
“特朗普总统决定对伊朗发动军事敌对行动，这引发了另一场不必要的战争，危及我们的军人，并使本已脆弱的地区更加不稳定。”佩洛西在X平台（原推特）上发文称。
“宪法明确规定：将国家带入战争的决定必须获得国会授权。”
佩洛西与其他民主党人正在推动一项战争权力决议，限制特朗普在未经国会明确批准的情况下对伊朗采取进一步军事行动。
特朗普的打击行动与奥巴马2011年根据“奥德赛黎明”行动对利比亚发动的打击有相似之处。
在这次行动中，奥巴马于2011年3月下令对利比亚发动一系列打击，旨在阻止穆阿迈尔·卡扎菲攻击平民抗议者。
卡扎菲被称为“中东疯狗”，自1969年至2011年担任利比亚领导人。他与美国有着长期复杂的关系——有时与美国的国家目标一致，有时其统治方式又让美国无法忽视。
最终导火索是2011年利比亚起义，班加西和其他城市爆发示威。与最近伊朗的起义类似，卡扎菲以残酷的武力应对对其统治的威胁，率领部队向几个反抗其统治的利比亚城市推进。
奥巴马称，为维护国际法，美国与北大西洋公约组织（NATO）合作发动打击，以保护利比亚平民。
“我们打击向班加西推进的政权部队，以拯救这座城市及其居民。”奥巴马在袭击后的讲话中说。
这些打击并未杀死卡扎菲。
卡扎菲于当年10月被革命者杀死。
虽然奥巴马表示他已咨询了两党议员小组，但在发动打击前并未寻求宣战声明。
“所以，对于那些怀疑我们执行此次行动能力的人，我想明确一点：美利坚合众国已经做到了我们承诺要做的事情。”奥巴马说。
佩洛西办公室未回应置评请求，询问她是否认为奥巴马发动的袭击与特朗普现在下令的袭击有任何关键区别。
利奥·布里塞尼奥是福克斯新闻数字版国会团队的政治记者。他此前曾在《世界杂志》担任记者。
Pelosi’s war powers flip-flop exposed in resurfaced Obama-era clip contradicts Trump criticism on Iran
Former House Speaker Pelosi defended Obama’s Libya strikes without congressional approval
By Leo Briceno
Fox News
Published March 3, 2026 7:03am EST
A clip of former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has resurfaced online where she flatly defended the then-Obama administration’s decision to strike Libya — without the congressional authorization she believes President Donald Trump should have secured before conducting his own strikes over the weekend.
“You’re saying that the president did not need authorization initially and still does not need any authorization from Congress on Libya?” a reporter asked Pelosi at a press event back in 2011.
“Yes,” Pelosi answered plainly.
The unambiguous answer contrasts sharply with Pelosi’s view of Trump’s strikes against Iran on Saturday.
In a joint effort targeting Iranian military leadership, the U.S. and Israel killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday, citing an imperative to halt Iran’s pursuit of developing a nuclear weapon.
Pelosi swiftly condemned the operation.
“President Trump’s decision to initiate military hostilities into Iran starts another unnecessary war which endangers our servicemembers and destabilizes an already fragile region,” Pelosi said in a post to X.
“The Constitution is clear: decisions that lead our nation into war must be authorized by Congress.”
Pelosi, alongside other Democrats, is pursuing a war powers resolution that would limit Trump from taking further military action against Iran without express congressional approval.
Trump’s strikes bear similarity to President Barack Obama’s decision to strike Libya in 2011 under Operation Odyssey Dawn.
In that operation, Obama ordered a series of strikes against Libya in March 2011, looking to deter Muammar Gaddafi from attacking civilian protesters.
Gaddafi, known as the “Mad Dog of the Middle East,” was the ruler of Libya from 1969 to 2011. He had a long and complicated relationship with the U.S. — at times aligning with national objectives and, at others, governing in a manner the U.S. couldn’t ignore.
The final straw came in the Libyan revolt of 2011, when demonstrations broke out in Benghazi and other cities. Like recent uprisings in Iran, Gaddafi met the threat to his rule with crushing force, marching his forces toward several Libyan cities that had resisted his power.
In what he described as attempts to uphold international law, Obama said the U.S., in partnership with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), had taken the strikes to protect Libya’s civilians to protect Libya’s civilians.
“We struck regime forces approaching Benghazi to save that city and the people within it,” Obama said in remarks after the attacks.
The strikes did not kill Gaddafi.
Gaddafi was killed later that year at the hands of revolutionaries in October.
While Obama said he had consulted a bipartisan group of congressional lawmakers, he did not pursue a declaration of war before carrying out his strikes.
“So, for those who doubted our capacity to carry out this operation, I want to be clear: The United States of America has done what we said we would do,” Obama said.
Pelosi’s office did not respond to a request for comment on whether she saw any key differences between the attacks carried out by Obama and those now ordered by Trump.
Leo Briceno is a politics reporter for the congressional team at Fox News Digital. He was previously a reporter with World Magazine.