Libya: the West and al-Qaeda on the same side

The Telegraph (UK) ^ | March 18, 2011 | Richard Spencer

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

Statements of support for Libya's revolution by al-Qaeda and leading Islamists have led to fears that military action by the West might be playing into the hands of its ideological enemies.

WikiLeaks cables, independent analysts and reporters have all identified supporters of Islamist causes among the opposition to Col Gaddafi's regime, particularly in the towns of Benghazi and Dernah.

An al-Qaeda leader of Libyan origin, Abu Yahya al-Libi, released a statement backing the insurrection a week ago, while Yusuf Qaradawi, the Qatar-based, Muslim Brotherhood-linked theologian issued a fatwa authorising Col Gaddafi's military entourage to assassinate him.

[maine-iac7]

let herself get bullied by Sarkozy into attacking Libya on behalf of Al Qaeda.

Maybe the other way around?

She HATES Israel. She's FOR the PLO. She's trying to get Al Jazeera on our cable networks.

She's been hitched at the hip with a born and raised Palestinian Muslim since her first days in the WH -

I suspicion if there any 'bullying' - it's SHE, the bull in the china shop, that's doing it.

[Las Vegas Ron]

Remember this IS the French, whose susceptibility to self-delusions of grandeur are well documented.

Certainly can't argue with that, but for Hillary to fall for it?

Nah, sumthin else is going on.....this is going to get interesting as it unfolds.

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

Hillary tends to get too much credit. She’s really not that smart.

[Las Vegas Ron]

She HATES Israel. She's FOR the PLO. She's trying to get Al Jazeera on our cable networks.

Good point, she also kissed Arafat's ass....er wife.

[Las Vegas Ron]

She’s really not that smart.

Agree again....it's certainly fun to whatch two DUmmies battle it out though!

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[DTA]

>>>>>>>>>What am I missing? <<<<<<<

Sarkozy is an Ameircan mole.

Hitlery and Samantha Power are Soros moles.

U.S. policy is not in American hands.

[DTA]

>>>>>>>>>What am I missing? <<<<<<<

Sarkozy is an Ameircan mole.

Hitlery and Samantha Power are Soros moles.

U.S. policy is not in American hands.

[KevinDavis]

All fairness, Germany did declare war on us..

[Colorado Doug]

the Obama Administration cannot be allowed to cover-up its grotesque miscalculation in attacking Libya on behalf of Al Qaeda.

I am not so sure that it is a miscalculation on Obama's part. He may know that he is helping Al Qaeda

[Candor7]

I have been rooting for Qadaffi from the beginning. You would be surprised at the anount of flak that has come my way from people who should no better. I concur with your analysis. I had reached the same comclusion myself. Obama just grifted Europe and the entire USA.But note that 74% of Americans do not approve of what Obama is doing in Libya.

I hope Qadaffi prevails.He has a lot of support here in America.Simply because he kills Muslim Brotherhood and Al Qaeda where he finds them.

[conservativebuckeye]

I don’t like Qadaffi at all, but I agree with you. He’s the lesser evil here. He’s also someone who can be manipulated, as was proven when Reagan parked that bomb in his living room.

[PGalt]

(just now getting back to the thread) OUTSTANDING post! Thanks very much for the ping. Is this your writing/thinking? WOW.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Virginia Ridgerunner.

[Zhang Fei]

Excellent analysis. The other aspect of this that makes me uneasy (and could bite us in the ass later) is the fact that Gaddafi made peace with us and gave up his nukes. Our reward for him is to bomb his residence and try to overthrow him. Note that Kim Jong-Il and Ahmedinejad are still sitting pretty. Dictators everywhere are going to figure out that nuclear programs buy deterrence, whereas the termination of nuclear programs buys Western attack.

That aside, I used to think Uncle Sam's word meant something - if we make peace with someone, we let bygones be bygones. We don't do that "unequal treaty" crap that the Chinese (of all ideological persuasions) use to abrogate treaties they don't like, such as they did when they took back Hong Kong and Macau at gunpoint, and attacked Vietnam, India and the Soviet Union over boundary issues previously settled by treaty. But now, out of the blue, we get something like this over Gaddafi - he gives up his nukes and makes peace, and we give him the shaft. It's a travesty.

[GVnana]

military action by the West might be playing into the hands of its ideological enemies
No foolin!

Too bad your analysis was not published before this: Does it Matter if Gaddafi Wins?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/does-it-matter-if-gaddafi-wins/2011/03/14/AB01kGV_story.html

[Retain Mike]

Thank you. It is my own writing and thinking, but with much credit given to writings of our Founding Fathers, the Arab League english language site, R. W. Rowan’s “The Story of Secret Service”, Mindy Belz, T. E. Lawrence, and so many others.

[Lil Flower]

>>>>Gaza is what democracy looks like in that part of the world.<<<<

You are absolutely correct my FRiend!

[Brad from Tennessee]

[. . .this “revolution” in Libya appears to be much different than the ones in Tunisia and Egypt. . .]

Early on the “rebels” focused on seizing and defending hubs of the oil infrastructure. I wondered at one point if they might be sponsored by someone in Oklahoma.

[cunning_fish]

Q-duffy may be a socialist bastard but he is much better than any ‘democratic’ alternative there.

[lentulusgracchus]

She's been hitched at the hip with a born and raised Palestinian Muslim since her first days in the WH

I've always asked, with Bill no longer in the picture (well, he isn't, is he?), just Huma she's Abedin.