Here ya' go!
Posted on 03/19/2011 8:02:27 PM PDT by george76
Following the UN resolution on Thursday night that paved the way for military strikes against Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi, Obama had been silent for 20 hours. While the French and British were making preparations for military action, and the Germans pondered the wisdom of their abstention, the White House preferred to wait.
That was partly because no one in Washington really knows what to make of Gadhafi's recent maneuvering. But mainly it is because Obama finds himself trapped in a dilemma: He must explain to his people why he gone from being a staunch opponent of US military action to its advocate. It would be the third current American military operation in a Muslim country, after Afghanistan and Iraq.
Some American commentators have already begun referring to the Korean War. That war, which traumatized generations of Americans, began in a similar fashion in 1950, with a UN resolution and an offer of help from the West.
From peace to war in seven days: It is enough to give people "whiplash," complained Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson on the TV channel MSNBC.
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Obama is "going on vacation," mocked host Steve Doocy on the conservative Fox News network. "He's going to Rio. You've got to be kidding. He's taking his family."
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Obama is “going on vacation,” mocked host Steve Doocy on the conservative Fox News network. “He’s going to Rio. You’ve got to be kidding. He’s taking his family.”
I guess it passed the "Global Test."
Why has the UN and the left turned on Gaddafi suddenly after decades? Who are the rebels? What’s the UN endgame?
The UN and the left didn’t care about Iranian protestors in the streets, why do they care about Libyan protestors?
“Rebels” likely equals “Muslim Brotherhood” and similar groups. If the “rebels” take power, it will be a replay of Gaza. Not one dollar.
Meanwhile, local Chicago news reader just told me that Obama is “fully engaged” down in Rio....so no worries./s
He had 1st and goal and did nothing, now its 4th and forever with seconds left and finally decides to get into the game. Hope this “Hail Mary” works!
Here ya' go!
That is just nasty, you would think she feel the breeze.
GAAAAH!
My EYES!!!!!!
WHHHYYY!!!????
“fully engaged”
Those must be the new weasel words for “closely monitoring.”
The press stopped using them when people started noticing he was wearing spiked shoes while engaged in “monitoring.”
Argument will be that if Reagan had done it right the first time, it wouldn't be Obama's problem.
so now, its obama’s fault all by himself?
ugh, gives a whole new dimension on abdominal control...
I suspect the MSM is working overtime to find out if Bush and Kadaffy made any secret deals during the WoT.
The Pan Am bombing was after our airstrike on Libya.
The Constitution says it’s Congress that gives the green light, not the UN.
Starting a war without Congressional consent is so 1861
Jesus..I gotta go flush my brain out after that! I also need a new set of peepers.
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