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The U.S. Arms Its Islamic Enemies–Again
Forbes ^ | 3/31/2011 | Richard M. Salsman

Posted on 04/01/2011 8:58:08 PM PDT by bruinbirdman

The enemy of America's enemy is not her friend, but her enemy--contrary to what liberals and conservatives think.

Evidence grows with each passing week that in Libya the U.S. government and its allies are providing air cover and arms directly to its avowed enemies–including thugs from al Qaeda, Muslim Brotherhood, and Taliban–those who’ve devoted the past decade to slaughtering American soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. Worse, top U.S. and U.K. officials now acknowledge this and condone it.

At this week’s London conference on the Libyan war, while U.S. Secretary of State Clinton said the tyrant Gadhafi must go, U.K. Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said that if Gadhafi were to go, Libya could become a hard-line Islamist state, but the “gamble” was worth it. Above all, both stressed, Western allies must convey “humility” and forswear any desire to “impose” its preferred type of law-abiding government in Libya or anywhere else in the region.

In Foreign Policy magazine two military and terrorism experts describe how “Libya contributed hundreds of the fiercest foreign fighters to Iraq’s al Qaeda-led insurgency” and ask “Should Washington be worried that it’s now backing these guys against Qaddafi?” In fact, Washington foreign policymakers are more likely to be pleased than worried. For details, see only the vicious theories of Samantha Power, Obama’s national security adviser, who calls herself a “humanitarian hawk”–much like George W. Bush styled himself a “compassionate conservative” while proclaiming Islam to be a “good and peaceful religion.” Libya is only the latest in a long-term effort by foreign policymakers to encourage, fight for and sponsor Islamic

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: economy; energy; kineticcf; libya; oil

1 posted on 04/01/2011 8:58:09 PM PDT by bruinbirdman
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To: bruinbirdman

NWO thugs.


2 posted on 04/01/2011 9:07:43 PM PDT by TigersEye (Who crashed the markets on 9/15/08 and why?)
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3 posted on 04/01/2011 9:12:44 PM PDT by familyop ("Don't worry, they'll row for a month before they figure out I'm fakin' it." --Deacon, "Waterworld")
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To: TigersEye

NWO AND Caliphaters with our fearless caliph in chief blazing the trail to America’s and Israel’s demise.


4 posted on 04/01/2011 9:17:16 PM PDT by himno hero ("armageddon is well seeded, America will pay"...Barrack Obama)
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To: himno hero

NWO AND Caliphaters with our fearless caliph in chief blazing the trail to America’s and Israel’s demise.


And we ain’t seen nothin’ yet. 0bama is going to do as much more as he can get away with.


5 posted on 04/01/2011 10:58:13 PM PDT by unkus
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Arming the Mujahideen once had good intentions. And look what thanks we got from Afghanistan and what sprang up out of there.
6 posted on 04/01/2011 11:09:34 PM PDT by NavyCanDo
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; Delacon; ...
Obama Lost Libya, and Egypt, and Tunisia, and Bahrain, and Saudi Arabia, and Lebanon, and Pakistan, and...

7 posted on 04/02/2011 10:20:58 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Thanks Cincinna for this link -- http://www.friendsofitamar.org)
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