Live Thread: Barack Obama Speech on the Libya Kinetic Military Action 7:30 P.M. EDT 3/28/11

Monday, March 28, 2011 | Kristinn

[kristinn]

Obama is scheduled to speak at the National Defense University at Ft. McNair in Washington, D.C. about Libya at 7:30 p.m. EDT.

[digger48]

LOL!!!

[Tennessee Nana]

actually as I remember he refused the leadership and handed it over to NATO

he said days ago we were no leading...

[Popman]

Texas Chainsaw Massacre is showing on SyFy right

Watching it right now. Pretty easy choice.

Watch people get hacked up by chainsaws or watch Obama

Not even close.............

[CitizenM]

This is a speech of every stung together trite comment of a rebel-rousing type that tells absolutely nothing about the truth of what he has done, or has not done (according to following the Constitution). It is a campaign speech, nothing more. All the Obama writers got together and added their sophomoric, idealistic thoughts and sentences and called it a speech about our involvement in Libya. So sickeningly geared to satisfy the stupid masses of Obama adorers and the media. With nothing worthwhile. This guy is slick but just plain empty.

[onyx]

Yes. Egypt is “the Arab Spring” - it’s the Muslim Brotherhood in reality.

[fantom]

Brits = France = bombs = OIL .

[gorush]

Having been television free for over two years now, I appreciate the tone without the pain that this thread provides.

[optiguy]

I was waiting for a shout out before he finished.

[LastDayz]

Yeah... a massacre of his terrorist buddies. Duh...

[gov_bean_ counter]

BOR is already puckering up, I'm sure. The Shepster wasn't impressed.

[marstegreg]

Right and how dare he utter the words God bless you and God bless the United States of America.

Fraud!

Thank God I stopped watching while he was talking about the Constitution.

[Robwin]

My count was 24 I’s!

Ok, and how many after the first 5 minutes?

[Michael Barnes]

Regime change there(Iraq) took 8 years....we can’t afford that with Libya.

Holy crap...He just told that nutjob in Libya we can't do this for the long haul (in other words "hang in there..").

I was about to marvel over how he gave himself the out with the whole transfer to NATO schtick. But this...Damn....

[Boardwalk]

Very painful and there won’t even be a rebuttal onto Dancing with the Stars....most americans won’t notice the lack of a rebuttal.

[HollyB]

Lol

[Right_in_Virginia]

Obama is a hateful and small man - the stature of his high office is well beyond his personal reach

You are really too kind.

[onyx]

I’m now watching Freedom Watch - Rand Paul, but Ron Paul is scheduled, so I will switch channels.

[CDB]

Thanks, musicman! Your pic is perfect.

[Tennessee Nana]

Brave New World

[roses of sharon]

As of August 23, 2006, there were 21 non-U.S. military forces contributing armed forces to the Coalition in Iraq. These 21 countries were: Albania, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, Poland, Romania, South Korea, and the United Kingdom.

However, in the August 23, 2006 Iraq Weekly Status Report (Slide 27) the State Department listed 27 foreign countries as contributing troops to the Coalition in Iraq. The additional four countries were Japan, Portugal, Singapore and the Ukraine.

In addition, that same Weekly Status Report listed 34 countries (including the US) as maintaining personnel in Iraq (as part of the Coalition, UNAMI, or NATO). The State Department reported that Fiji was contributing troops though UNAMI and that Hungary, Iceland, Slovenia, and Turkey were assisting with the NATO training mission. However, it is unclear whether Hungary actually maintained any forces in Iraq as part of NATO or UNAMI since its government announced the complete withdrawal of troops in December 2004.

In testimony before the Senate Armed Services committee on August 3, 2006, Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld described the coalition in Iraq as composed of 34 allies (plus the US).