Posted on 03/29/2011 5:52:35 AM PDT by Omikronos2100
Since the uprising in Libya began in February 2011, the United States and her Western allies have been in a conundrum. The burning question is whether or not to support the so-called “rebels” who have bravely taken up arms against the murderous and monstrous forty-two year regime of Muammar al-Gaddafi. Diplomats, military personnel, and political pundits have denigrated this resistance — and it is a resistance — as “ragtag,” “silly,” “Islamist,” “rabble” — even “al-Qaeda.” However, as the old proverb goes: “The enemy of my enemy is my friend.” In the case of Gaddafi’s Libya, it doesn’t appear that the West has an alternative.
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Last month the administration wanted to give him military aid. I guess he’s really not so bad afterall, right?
PARIS - al-Qaeda’s offshoot in North Africa has snatched surface-to-air missiles from an arsenal in Libya during the civil strife there, Chad’s president said in an interview to be published March 28.
http://www.bokhdefence.co.cc/2011/03/al-qaida-snatched-missiles-in-libya.html.
Anyone who thinks Libya is our problem is an idiot.
Hell they were on the UN human rights commission pretty recently.
Answer one question before we discuss the subject:
Who are they?
What if Qaddafi’s enemies turn out to be our enemies also?
If europe can’t get Libyan oil they’ll compete for our Persian gulf oil, raising prices and hurting Obama’s reelection chances.
blood for oil!
If europe can’t get Libyan oil they’ll compete for our Persian gulf oil, raising prices and hurting Obama’s reelection chances.
blood for oil!
Did you notice Obama went through Gadaffi's evil history going back 20 years yet he requested just last month an increase to $1.7 million for Gadaffi's military.
The commander of the rebels admits they have links to Al Qaeda. The rebel commander says Al Qaeda are good “muslems”. That’s who they are.
Given the location... most likely they will be our enemies.
Some fought against our forces in Afghanistan and Iraq. Now they are fighting Qadaffi. It’s anyone’s guess who they’ll have a problem with next...maybe Israel. Seems like they’re just looking for trouble all the time. Why bother with this sort?
We’re doing a fine job of arming the islamderthals. Something like $20 billion to Egypt in 09 and an islamderthal takeover in 2011.
We got the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, do you think Libya is going to be different?
The enemy of my enemy is not my friend. He is only the enemy of my enemy. We tend to forget that, Stalin being a prime example of the enemy of my enemy being also my enemy.
Aside from Israel, America has no friends in the Middle East.
We should support the rebels just enough to make it an even fight, then let them kill each other off for as long a time as possible.
Or option number 3: Let the Libyans kill each other all they like. No skin off our noses. But neocons just have to butt into every battle, no matter how many times that approach fails.
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