Posted on 03/23/2011 10:39:40 AM PDT by yoe
The Obama administration is sending mixed messages about the direction, purpose and effect of the U.S.-led missile strikes on Libya, with conflicting statements from the top about leader Muammar al-Qaddafi's grip on power five days into the campaign.
The campaign may be in the midst of a key transition. A senior defense official told Fox News that missile strikes have essentially ended and that no more Tomahawk missiles are expected to be fired unless necessary. The next step is to hand control over to coalition commanders for patrol of the no-fly zone. But administration officials have not offered a clear picture as to what the no-fly zone is expected to yield.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in an interview Tuesday that people in Qaddafi's inner circle have been "reaching out" to contacts in the region asking, "how do we get out of this?"
Clinton told ABC News that while some of it is "theater," some of it is "exploring," which the administration sees as a positive step.
"'What are my options? Where could I go? What could I do?' And we would encourage that," Clinton said.
But on the same day, President Obama said Qaddafi could just be digging in his heels.
"Qaddafi may try to hunker down and wait it out, even in the face of a no-fly zone, even though his forces have been degraded," Obama said in an interview with CNN en Espanol. The president reiterated that the coalition does not "have military tools at our disposal in terms of accomplishing Qaddafi's leaving," though he has said it is U.S. policy that Qaddafi should go.
The muddled message continues to raise hackles on Capitol Hill, where lawmakers have slammed the administration for not seeking congressional approval before launching the strikes...
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Obama would still be clueless even if he cared, which he doesn’t.
Keep up the pressure on this. Call the congressional switchboard. 202-224-3121.
Be polite. Tell your rep or senator that you are greatly concerned about Obama’s illegal and unconstitutional action in Libya.
Don’t let this issue die.
Never will happen to many deals have went down to allow it,they took Obama’s bait he now own them it’s why he can do what he does.
I know Rush has talked about this a bit this afternoon, but I’ll expand:
I’m looking forward to some future Charlie Gibson asking, oh, let’s say, Hillary Clinton or some other Dem notable: “Do you agree with the Obama Doctrine?.... What aspects of the Obama Doctrine do you agree with?” When the interviewee looks completely befuddled and unable to answer, let’s see what the liberal commentators have to say.
bkmk
Hillary needs to take this opportunity, and break from Obama, and position herself for her last chance for Barry’s seat. Force his ineptitude in front of all the democrats, and make the party choose one or the other.
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FLASHBACK: Senator Clinton Says Bush Must Ask Congress Before Using (any use of) Force Against Iran
AP ^ | February 14, 2007
Unrest in congress? LOL! Where????
By virtue of Congress’s big toe finding fighting the reds in this administration and the Senate waters too cold for them, they are making themselves obsolete. Each and everyone of them should read “The Light and the Glory”, by Peter Marshall and David Manuel. There should also be strict term limits in government positions across the board! Give me a man who stands for something, tall and true, no maatter what, and maybe I can give you some hope for “One nation under God, with liberty and justice for all!”
Top 10 Rejected Obama Mission Names
Apparently the White House tossed out a number of perfectly good names before arriving at “Operation Odyssey Dawn”:
10.Operation Nine Months In The Senate Didn’t Prepare Me For This
9. Operation Organizing for Libya
8. Operation Double Standard
7. Operation FINE! I’ll Do Something
6. Operation Enduring Narcissism
5. Operation So That’s What the Red Button Does
4. Operation France Backed Me Into A Corner
3. Operation Start Without Me
2. Operation Unlike Bush Wars This One Is Justified Because Hey Look A Squirrel
1. Operation Aimless Fury
Must Watch!!! This goes viral!
Here is “Blowhard Biden” in 2007 stating that a president should be impeached:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Adpa5kYUhCA
The hypocrisy of these Democreeps is astonishing.
And Biden is such a chestbeating egotistical moron.
What the hey!? Does that mean the first ones were unnecessary?
I'd rather a conservative seize this opportunity. Don't want slight-improvement-over-0bummer Hillary to position herself to win the presidency. Of course we don't know who this conservative is.
No problem, 44% of Americans according to rasmussen still think he is doing good or excellent and only 37% think he is doing poor. What does it take for people to open their eyes?
The stupidity and ignorance of many Americans are likely to be our final undoing. The frog is in the water and the temperature is rapidly rising.
Obama and his handlers are handing over America’s military sovereignty to the E.U., which is controlled from Berlin. This is beyond treason.
"They're completely lost."
Or does it mean “unless necessary to make some more”?
Maybe we ran out of them...
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