This is an editorial in the Toronto Sun and should be posted in News/Activism forum Editorials, not chat.
On the contrary. This is what Obama planned for all along.
He immediately sent Code Pink, Ayers and Dohrn, and other America haters to the middle east to begin their agitating on the social networks.
Much like the BP spill that became an crisis to exploit, Tunisia became the catalyst for the uprising to begin in Egypt. This was long planned and the muslim brotherhood was always in the plan.
UN principle of “responsibility to protect,”
Semantics of socialists: the trojan horse of totalitarians. R2P clever.
http://www.uncoverage.net/2011/03/right-to-protect-libyans-clause-gives-u-n-power-over-our-military/
Life, liberty and the pursuit and destruction of totalitarians.
It’s much bigger than Stanley Kurtz indicates/links in this article...
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/262725/president-reticent-stanley-kurtz
Impeach POSOTUS.
And the word coming out of Washington is that this is still a “no-fly zone”, but when was the last time you saw a tank fly, unless it was hit by an American aircraft??
Obama is making this up as he goes, and in the process has pissed off just about every constituent group he has ever had, and mobilized everyone who opposes him with renewed vigor.
The longer this goes on, the worse things will get, and I do not mean just for Obammy personally. His handlers are desperately trying to write a cogent speech for the teleprompter on Monday night, but the situation changes so much over there, hour by hour, it’s hard for even them to mischaracterize and “translate” what’s going on to Premier Hussein’s advantage.
This speech on Monday ought to be a loo-loo. There is no telling what he is going to read, and in any case it is far too little and way too late. He should have been reading this speech ahead of time, to explain what his carefully planned operation was going to accomplish, but that didn’t happen because he apparently didn’t consult anyone in advance, and he has largely allowed the Secretary of State to run the war for him.
The Hildebeest is in direct peril of being thrown under the bus when the Libyan operation goes straight to hell. She would be well advised to keep her resignation handy so she can leave before Hussein fires her.
What a mess.
Thanks to Trevor Loudon at...
http://newzeal.blogspot.com/2011/03/responsibility-to-protect-end-of.html
...and Glenn Beck for Thursday’s March 24, 2011 show...
They ar enot beig suckered, they are well aware of what they are doing. If anything it is the writer and readers who are being suckered with this meaningless tripe.
They ar enot being suckered, they are well aware of what they are doing. If anything it is the writer and readers who are being suckered with this meaningless tripe.
vuto has a 2 hour special on now on fox. He has several heavy hitters. Bolton on now....
Obama: No U.S. Forces on the Ground in Libya . . . Except for Those Guys.
By Jim Geraghty
Posted on March 23, 2011 3:46 PM
NPR: “President Obama said Wednesday it was ‘absolutely’ out of the question that U.S. ground forces would be used in Libya.”
How would the president describe the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit? There is no such thing as a purely air-based combat mission; planes have problems and pilots end up on the ground, and then U.S. forces have to end up on the ground, hopefully briefly, to rescue them and bring them home safely. Ask Scott O’Grady how much time you can spend on the ground while patrolling a no-fly zone.
Details on the recent rescue:
The Kearsarge then sent up two MV-22 Ospreys carrying Marine rescue teams. As they were en route, the Harriers dropped two laser-guided bombs near the crash site, apparently to keep Libyans on the ground from approaching the pilot.
With additional helicopters hovering overhead for security, one of the Ospreys landed and picked up the pilot. He was then taken aboard the Kearsarge.
The weapons systems officer was recovered by what U.S. officials described as Libyan opposition forces. He is safe, officials have said.
There are about 2,200 Marines off the shore of Libya right now. http://www.nationalreview.com/blogs/print/262910
March 24, 2011
Are U.S. Troops Already on the Ground in Libya? | O’Reilly Factor
Special Guests | Col. David Hunt & Lt. Col. Tony Shaffer
RET. COL. DAVID HUNT, U.S. ARMY: Yes, absolutely. You’ve got British service been in there about three weeks ago and actually got captured and released. The French GIGN have been in there and our special forces and our U.S. intelligence operatives and their assets. We do not conduct operations like this, large scale air operations, without people on the ground. They have been very successful, very good, not a lot of contact with the rebels because you don’t know who to talk to. But, yes, we have got intel gathering and rescue guys and special operations guys on the ground, have had them for about 12 days.
O’REILLY: Now, do you agree with that, Col. Shaffer?
LT. COL. TONY SHAFFER, FORMER ARMY INTELLIGENCE OFFICER: Yes, I have heard from my sources — I got a call from one of my key sources on Monday and that’s exactly what’s going on. Let’s be really clear here. You have got to have these individuals doing what Dave just said, especially when you are talking about trying to protect, and the stated goal here, Bill, is humanitarian support. So you don’t want to have weapons hitting the wrong targets. So, Dave is very good on the fact that we have special operations guys sitting there with laser designators. Bill, you saw…
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/oreilly/transcript/are-us-troops-already-ground-libya#ixzz1HiPalxMr
Salim Mansur ping.