Lies , dissembling and half truths puncuated by hubris would adequately describe his speech but two salient points can't be ignored . First the U.S. isn't handing anything over to anyone . We're relinquishing the whole operation to ourselves . We are the majority funders of NATO and hold the ultimate command positions and will be supplying most of the expensive hardware and personnel just as we did under the coalition which Stymie didn't put together to begin with and was henpecked into joining his Natinal Security Harem ( aka "Stymies Angels" ).
Secondly neither the original "coalition" nor it's NATO successor is actually involved in protecting civillians in any direct way . What the western powers ARE doing is supplying close air support to the Anti-Ghadaffi Rebels who wouldn't be advancing a foot without it . Let's be completely honest about this ( Stymie would say ; "Honest... What dat ?" ) ; the the rebel force would be better described as a "rabble force" , hardly a cohesive military organization . If they plan on entering Tripoli in the next week to ten days ... without effective professional ground support , they'll be slaughtered . Jets , heavy artillery and cruise missiles will be unemployable once the urban battle begins and there's not enough time to train them for a fight like that . Frankly it would take a minimum of six months intensive training just to get them to the point that they could survive on the battlefield let alone conduct a proper offensive .
The only positive thing Stymie can say is that we've been damned lucky not to lose someone so far in this ill-defined and ill-advised mess .