President Barack Obama addressed the nation Monday night to discuss the present situation in Libya. 

His rhetoric was uplifting, an inspiring message to the people of America that the actions the United States has taken against Moammar Gadhafi are not without purpose.

Obama offered the historical context that the attempts to help in Bosnia took more than a year, whereas the goals of the U.S. in Libya took only 31 days.

His words carried with them a promise that the U.S. does not involve itself unnecessarily in complicated situations anymore; that the U.S. is in an era where policing the world is not a goal.

Obama offered insight into his idea of how the U.S. could progress as a leader for peace in the conflicts of the world through joining together with other leaders of the world, and creating a better world through non-military means.

The dream Obama has sought, of a better world by joining together, was as implicit and obvious as anything he has ever offered to the people of America.

All of this came from the president, and his calm and dramatic speaking ability wooed the nation in a way many leaders in recent years attempted but were unable to attain.

In and of itself, the president’s description of the Libya situation was a speech meant to reassure the nation while addressing the concerns of the public and other politicians on both sides of the issue that the decisions made were not without consideration and were made with realistic, yet far-reaching, goals in mind.

Everything about Obama’s hand gestures and words were carefully set to create the near “perfect” feeling of understanding the American people — and even people of other countries — could fall behind and find to be reasonable regarding the U.S. involvement in what has been widely speculated to be a war akin to Iraq.

Moving past the flowery speech and the grand motives or the political realm, the real message was proffered again and again: The U.S. is willing to assist in any situation of freeing people from tyranny, so long as the other leaders of the world are willing to assist as well.

Multiple times, Obama put forth an offer clearly aimed at other countries that the U.S. will not involve itself in any police actions, but will work in a joint effort with others wiling to shoulder the weight of humanitarian efforts across the globe.

There were a couple moments of reference to economic issues — to be expected — where Obama snuck in some simple points that need to be further addressed, but not in an address to the country. Due to the nature of money issues and the insensitivity monetary desires bring when put into the context of people being slaughtered.

He closed the near 30-minute speech with a hint of faith, without the implications of religion and the baggage it carries.

Obama may be seen as many things by many people, but there can be no doubt he is a marvel of a politician, able to sway a crowd and make a point without falling too far toward one side or another.

The situation in Libya has been demonstrated to be a humanitarian effort, and even for those seeing the clear economic influence into American interaction, there is little room for question of whether Obama is trying to make a global society in which all countries work together to ensure prosperity for everyone that does not wish to harm his fellow man.