Analysis: What's Behind the Obama Reversal on Libya

Arutz Sheva ^ | 03/18/2011 | Dr. Amiel Unga

[Uncle Miltie]

The American reversal and sudden support for a No-Fly zone in Libya plus after Defense Secretary Robert Gates and influential portions of the American defense establishment had trashed it, requires explanation. Why was a policy that could have been extremely more effective in ousting Libyan autocrat Morman Qaddafi a few weeks ago now resurrected after Qaddafi has reasserted control over most of Libya and more importantly the oilfields?.

There is no doubt that the Obama administration will spin the familiar refrain "me no Bush " and claim that delay and "creative ambiguity" was a price that had to be paid to achieve the multilateral diplomacy that the Bush administration had scorned. More importantly, there will be Arab diplomatic cover, a cameo military role for Arab countries and Gulf checkbooks to finance the operation.

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[luvbach1]

I hope we don't end up risking our pilots, but I'm ok with drones & tomahawks bringing the rain down on Daffy.

I agree fully with that. Not worth a single American or allied serviceman's life to usher in another regime that surely will be anti-American, anti-West.

[bert]

——I would tell Obama how it went after it was completed and the troops are back in the barn.——

My take is that has already happened diplomatically . His loop is on at least a week delay

[Verginius Rufus]

The author of the piece called him “Morman.” Perhaps there was a typo—I haven’t checked the original text.

[Verginius Rufus]

Barry and Michelle could imitate John and Yoko and take a little trip to Vienna.

While there, Michelle can be videotaped eating veal cutlets and other Viennese specialties as part of her anti-obesity campaign.

[Reddy]

“Wait unit things will be at at stalemate and probably chaotic forever and then come aboard. That’s what zero does,same path on everything whether its an oil spill in the Gulf or creating a budget.”

dingdingdingding.... we have a winner!!

[rodguy911]

We need tee-shirts of this one and quickly!!!

[rodguy911]

Thanks.The dear leader provides an obvious pattern on everything he is told to do.

[stayathomemom]

I really haven’t been paying attention to what’s going on in Brazil, but could he be “wagging the dog” here? What’s his other hand doing?