Posted on 02/28/2011 10:22:25 AM PST by Justaham
Exile is one option for Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said Monday. When asked if the United States would consider military aid to help topple the regime, Carney said “all options remain on the table.”
President Barack Obama was meeting with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon at the White House on Monday to discuss sanctions and other potential actions against the Gadhafi government.
Gadhafi has ordered the toughest crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators of any Middle Eastern leader whose rule is threatened by anti-government uprisings. The regime’s violent response prompted the United States, Britain and the U.N. Security Council to sanction Libya over the weekend.
Meanwhile, the French government announced Monday that France was sending two planes with humanitarian aid to the city of Benghazi, an opposition stronghold in eastern Libya. And the European Union on Monday imposed its own arms embargo, visa ban and other sanctions on the Gadhafi regime.
Over the weekend, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called on Gadhafi to step down and “call off the mercenaries.”
“I think it's way too soon to tell how this is going to play out, but we're going to be ready and prepared to offer any kind of assistance that anyone wishes to have from the United States,” Clinton was quoted as saying in Geneva.
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Whut?
I think I hear libtard heads exploding...
“My enemy’s enemy is my friend.”
All of the Obama inconsistencies in the Middle East are consistent in one regard:
Jihadists are strengthened.
So we can’t use the military to extract Americans but we can use the military to further his support of radical muslims.
Appears as if Hillary is all set to give away more of the United States money.. that we borrow from China..
Black hawk down, you know who gets to do the dying.
Unfortunately, this may be one case where it's better to go with "The Devil You Know."
We have no business or reason to be getting involved.
From the Libtard point of view, the Military is for people who can die, but can never be allowed to vote.
How would they justify this ?
Iran and North Korea are just as brutal to their people and they have nuclear capabilities.
Barry could give a Shiite about our troops in Afghanistan - we’re still losing a soldier a day in Afghanistan.
His ROEs hamper the fighting effectiveness of our soldiers and Marines.
But, now he’s considering using our military to free Libya .
Gee, I wonder why people think he’s an anti American Muslim.
And where is Cindy Sheehan and Code Pink ?
You are correct, of course. Intervention will make Obama appear just as he is, arbitrary and capricious.
How about troops on our own border? That would be a novel idea wouldn’t it?
"Connecting the dots of Obama’s actions "
The short term memory’s getting a little fuzzy with age, but I’d swear that not long ago there was some guy lecturing us about military adventures in countries that hadn’t attacked us.
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Do we know this about the demonstrators or is it just speculation?
That's exactly why I predict Obama WILL INTERVENE in Libya. If it makes no sense and it's expensive in terms of Blood & Treasure, you can bet a liberal will be all for it!
It’s OK to kill people with Democrat bombs. They feel really bad about it. Republican bombs are evil.
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