Just what is it Ronald Reagan wouldn’t allow? The leader of a country could only be expected to keep rebels from over taking the country and killing him. Just who is it that you think we should back in a Hamas organized rebellion?
I don’t have a horse in this race but I perfectly understand why Gaddafi would want to destroy those that are trying to kill him.
Gaddafi has been peaceful for the last 30 years I don’t know who I should feel sorry for but I don’t think a Hamas led revolt would do the united States any good.
It will all be over soon. Gaddafi and his sons will have one of the few “relatively” stable governments left in the Middle East. The people left alive in his country will know better than to mess with him. It’s a shame the leadership in Egypt didn’t have enough sense to do the same thing as Gaddafi.
There will likely be a number of European leaders and the US who will be sorry for their pro rebellion comments. I expect Gaddafi to punish them someway.
” Gaddafi and his sons will have one of the few “relatively” stable governments left in the Middle East. “
Ditto.
REALPOLITIK, folks. It isn’t pretty, but as America’s power wanes, we have to take the best deal we can. In this case, it’s dealing with the devil we know. That that devil is Gaddafi.
Well and bravely said, JAKraig! Perhaps the Google generation will learn not to encourage crowds of young, inexperienced “rebels” to begin a rebellion they can’t possibly win and then depend on their Facebook friends to send in the troops.
I think America is doing a noble and good thing in Japan and in Haiti. That is the kind of country and people we are. But when it comes to our President arbitrarily picking out leaders of other nations whom he thinks should “step down”, that’s over the line. We ousted Saddam Hussein for the Iraqi people in a short time. But now, years later, we are still trying to teach them to govern themselves and that with questionable results.
Why would any leader of another country abandon his rule just because we say so? Who’s next, the Queen? Sweet talk and pycho analysis doesn’t always achieve law and order. Our own country is presently a prime example of that! I don’t know of any army in history that has been made up of Social workers but we may just be the ones to try it. That’s why our Border Patrol and Police Force are armed with rubber bullets and tasers while the criminals and illegals have AK-47s! I think I know who’s winning but that’s just me.
What’s the difference between a “rebel fighter” and an “insurrectionist”?