Posted on 03/18/2011 3:16:11 PM PDT by GVnana
Newt Gingrich told reporters today that the Libyan rebels have France's lack of bracket fever to thank for the no-fly zone that will soon protect them from aerial attacks by embattled dictator Muammar Qaddafi.
Asked about the U.N. Resolution authorizing military intervention in Libya -- something Gingrich has been pushing for a while now -- Gingrich ripped President Obama for not acting sooner, and again mocked him for his March Madness bracket.
"I was, frankly, very disappointed that [Nicolas] Sarkozy did not share with us his Final Four picks," Gingrich said, referring to the French president, who's nation has led the push for military intervention in Libya. "And i think it's his failure to understand the Final Four that allowed him to focus on Libya on a way tha. Clearly, if he had understood the American system he would have understood that his is not a good week to deal with Libya because this is the week to deal with Kansas, Ohio State, and you know things that were really important."
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Frenchies will lead coal alition with white flags.
Yeah, but since Real Madrid eliminated Lyon, there are no French teams left.
You assume he picked French teams.
A zinger from someone who high-fives Obammie the Commie on the AGW argument.
Go back under your rock, Newt.
And you will notice that men like John Kline, Duncan Hunger, and Alan West are not baying for full-scale intervention in Libya. Maybe because men like Colonel West actually know what it's like to send people into combat and people like Gingrich only write about it in their novels.
Bump.
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