Posted on 03/24/2011 8:07:45 AM PDT by OldDeckHand
On Fox Wednesday night, Sarah Palin said U.S. intervention in Libya will be a failure if Muammar Gaddafi remains in power.
"America will have failed if we turn over command-and-control of this mission, and the mission of ousting Gaddafi is not fulfilled.
It will be failure."
video at link
(Excerpt) Read more at gop12.thehill.com ...
I note that she says ‘if we turn over command and control of this mission’. I see nothing about ground troops.
OK. So, her position is that so long as we don't turn over control, then Qadaffi will just leave? Is that her position?
"I see nothing about ground troops."
Right. Neither do I. How do you square that with "Gaddafi must go". How does she suggest that happen?
Palin is full of crap on this one. Foolish statement. But this could mean she is running and looking at it from an establishment standpoint. Dunno.
I wonder how the libs feel that Obama’s on the same side as Palin
The title reads like she support the mission. Maybe she does, but here she’s simply stating a fact.
The American President said Qadaffi must go. Anything but complete removal from power will be an American failure.
The opposition had momentum and Obama dithered because he does not want to take responsibility for anything, he wants wiggle room!
This is not American leadership. When the American President says you have have to go, you have to go! his words, his words, HIS WORDS!
Mrs. Palin, I’m voting for you anyway, but this Libya issue is a no win scenarion.
It’s Gadaffi vs. al-Qaeda. Whoever wins means we lose.
It would be smart to just drop the whole issue and have no oponion of Libya.
Apparently, Old****Hand didn’t watch the interview entirely or at least the her main jest....so it would be irrelevant to inform him since his opinion about Palin has already been made up.
It won’t (necessarily) take troops to remove Ghadaffi from power. It just needs a lucky hit with a large munition or a paid-off bodyguard.
Ghadaffi is the acme of a “one-hit-wonder”: one hit and you’ll wonder what all the fuss was all about.
Now America has (honorable) issues with deliberately targeting Heads of State, even when they are CinCs of their military forces and wear garish uniforms.
This need not be a problem. A willingness to kack Ghadaffi is something that the Allies bring to the party.
The mission failed when it was started.
Her position was that once 0bama stated that policy it was now the mission and anything less than that objective would make us look weak.
I'll remind you of FR posting policy...
"Please: NO profanity, NO personal attacks, NO racism or violence in posts."
Is that simple enough for you?
Sarah never says the words “Gadaffy must go.” That is just the misleading title. She says that if we hand over control of a war to a committee and he stays in power America will have failed.
That is a very different message.
Anybody advising Palin about Al Qaeda in Libya and Gadaffi’s role of keeping them under control? What’s up with that?
“I note that she says if we turn over command and control of this mission. I see nothing about ground troops.”
I don’t know if her position has changed, but 2 weeks ago she was pushing for troops on the ground:
“Certainly a no fly zone,” Palin said. “I hate to say, jeez, more troops on the ground. You know send more of our brave young men and women over there in Libya. When yes, 41 years of Gadhafi. Hes got to go.”
http://www.examiner.com/sarah-palin-in-national/palin-continues-to-push-no-fly-zone-over-libya
The only troops we put on the ground should be there to secure the oil and gas fields.
If we provide the air cover and airstrike power, the Libyan rebels and their arab buddies should do the rest.
Palin is right.
Once we commit ourselves to an achievable goal like removing an anti-American lunatic who is killing his own people and his removal will stablize escalating energy prices, why shouldn’t we do it?
If "well begun is half-done" then this mission is far from half-done.
A million “Amens” on that. This is a act of treason which will put another islamic theocracy in place to help surround our only true ally in the region, Israel. We are providing direct military aid to our freaking enemies!
Certainly a no fly zone, Palin said. I hate to say, jeez, more troops on the ground. You know send more of our brave young men and women over there in Libya. When yes, 41 years of Gadhafi. Hes got to go.
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