Members of Michigan's congressional delegation are weighing in on U.S. involvement in the conflict in Libya. Over the weekend U.S. and British warships launched cruise missiles targeting air defense facilities controlled by Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. Then jets from Britain, France and other countries began attacking units loyal to Gadhafi fighting rebels trying to overthrow him.

During a stop in Kalamazoo Monday, March 21st, Democratic U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow said she thinks President Obama made the right decision to get involved:

[Stabenow] "I think given the broad international support, the UN resolution, and also the Arab countries coming forward and asking for this action, that it was the correct action. But I think this needs to be extremely targeted and limited and I'm hopeful that it will be a very short time period in which we're be involved."

President Obama and European leaders say military action was needed to enforce a "no-fly" zone and prevent Gadhafi from taking revenge on those who oppose him. But freshman Republican Congressman Bill Huizenga of Zeeland says it isn't clear how strong support for the operation by other Arab countries really is:

[Huizenga] "If this is truly about humanitarian aid only, that needs to be clear. I don't think it should be. It seems to me that if we're going in, in this fashion, we have to talk about regime change. I mean, a wounded Gadhafi is frankly probably more dangerous. But again it shouldn't be up to us; this needs to be an Arab League-led event."

U.S. officials have said that ground forces won't be used in Libya. But Huizenga says he sees little difference between involvement there and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. He says the President must consult closely with Congress as the Libyan crisis unfolds.