Barack Obama 'considering all appropriate actions' = Speech or Troops?

Libya, world reacts to Saif Gadhafi's address - CNN.com: "The same source confirmed that President Barack Obama was monitoring the situation in Libya and 'considering all appropriate actions.'"
Umm and those would be exactly what?
According to some very old and musty document that is supposed to be the rules for our Federal Government, our President is allowed to be the Commander-In-Chief of our Federal troops, can grant pardons and reprieves for offenses against the United States, make treaties (with the approval of the U.S. Senate), appoint Ambassadors, Supreme Court Justices, etc. (all contingent upon the approval of the U.S. Senate), give State of the Union speeches to Congress and recommend to Congress laws that he'd like to see passed.

That's it, end of story.  That is all that the United States Constitution allows our President to do.  Except for the pardons and commanding the military and giving a speech to Congress, everything else is subject to getting approval from Congress first.
He can't give a pardon to the Libyan government.
So the only actions that remain on the table are giving a speech or sending in Federal Troops, which he can do for sixty days before having to get approval from Congress.
Most Presidents have given speeches which are traditionally ignored or at least forgotten by all except historians within a few days.
The question is... will we see hot air out of the White House as per normal?  I don't see where President Obama has any other viable option.
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