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Title: Gaddafi Mocks Obama and the West: Mr. President You Can’t Vote ‘Present’ As Leader of the Free World
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Big Peace
URL Source: http://bigpeace.com/pschweizer/2011 ... t-as-leader-of-the-free-world/
Published: Mar 16, 2011
Author: Peter Schweizer
Post Date: 2011-03-16 16:52:59 by Happy Quanzaa
Keywords: Obama-doma-ding-dong
Views: 19716
Comments: 36
Now that the west has refused to take any military action to help the rebels fighting Gaddafi, the Crazy Colonel has been emboldened. “Strike Libya?” he said in a speech yesterday. ”We’ll be the ones who strikes you! We struck you in Algeria, in Vietnam.” It appears to be increasingly likely that Gaddafi is going to prevail. He may not have complete control of the country when its done, but he will control the major cities and the oil facilities. He will be emboldened and have billions of dollars of cash thanks to oil exports. He is also making clear that he is going to work to punish those who asked for him to step down (UK, US, and France) and throw his business to those countries who remained neutral and silent (Russia, China, and Germany). President Obama managed to carry out a “policy” that is the worst of both worlds. He did just enough to enrage Gaddafi, but not enough to actually get rid of him. You can’t split the difference when it comes to a civil war. You either sit quiet or you pick sides. Mr. President, how is it possible to come up with such a stupid strategy? President Obama continues to believe that speeches and statements (“Gaddafi should step down”) are tantamount to a policy. Power politics is not a debating society and flowery speeches and expressions of “hope and change” mean nothing at the end of the day. When Obama sat in the Illinois State Senate, he had a habit of voting “present” on certain thorny political issues. When it comes to leading the Free World, ”present” won’t just cut it. It’s a sad day when Hillary Clinton is providing the backbone for a presidential administration. 
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#10. To: Happy Quanzaa (#0)
It's a sad day when neocons are once again arguing that U.S. lives should be sacrificed to take sides in a civil war. Have you forgotten that Bush made Qaddafi our ally?
Have you forgotten that Bush took Ghaddafi's yellow cake away from him? Have you forgotten Ghaddafi shut up and behaved himself for a good while after Reagan bombed him?
Qaddafi blew up Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie AFTER Reagan bombed him. You guys always flunk History 101.
Ping to 15, another example of the failure of the U.S. Education System.
I doubt he went to school here.
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Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/LatestIt’s a sad day when Hillary Clinton is providing the backbone for a presidential administration.
#11. To: go65 (#10)
#15. To: Happy Quanzaa (#11)
Have you forgotten that Bush took Ghaddafi's yellow cake away from him? Have you forgotten Ghaddafi shut up and behaved himself for a good while after Reagan bombed him?
#16. To: Happy Quanzaa, Rek, godwinson, jwpegler, lucysmom, skip intro, buckaroo (#15)
#20. To: go65 (#16)
Ping to 15, another example of the failure of the U.S. Education System.
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