MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Obama justifies his first war, but will not go down the Iraq road
US President Barack Obama has defended the first war launched under his presidency, insisting US military involvement in Libya will be limited. He told Americans US intervention as part of the coalition had saved “countless lives” threatened by the forces of the “tyrant” Muammar Gaddafi. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesCome on, Mercopress,
Mar 29th, 2011 - 11:09 am - Link - Report abuse 0you know that this is not a War.
And it remains unsanctioned by the Senate so the USA is not officially at war.
The UN (world ) Resolution has been put into initial effect by half a dozen countries on behalf of those countries with little capability to support the UN - and on behalf of those countries that 'sit on the wall' and those that hide behind it, and those that are bound by the Resolution and then snipe against it using a variety of association pressure groups.
It is now to be managed by NATO - a much more satisfactory 'beast' for all the snipers to criticise and undermine.
But I understand from a Chinese press agency, that the African Union has a four point Agreement with Gadaffi for termination of this affair.
Does this operate in parallel with the Nato action? Does it supplant it? Is it the Exit Strategy that 'the West' are so keen to find?
As the man-in-the-street says “We have a right to know” - or do we have to wait for a Wikileak?
As you say we are not at war, merely enforcing a no fly zone, no countries wants to jump to far forward , as to be left out in front,
Mar 29th, 2011 - 12:33 pm - Link - Report abuse 0It is complicated they say, I think that no one wants to be around in case it goes tits up, but on the other hand, if it becomes a success then 40 countries will claim they did it.
Interesting to say the least ..
#1, “you know that this is not a War”
Mar 29th, 2011 - 03:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Is a football match?
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Mar 29th, 2011 - 05:00 pm - Link - Report abuse 0: P
HAHAHA, thank you.
Mar 29th, 2011 - 05:10 pm - Link - Report abuse 0you know that this is not a War.
Mar 29th, 2011 - 05:41 pm - Link - Report abuse 0And it remains unsanctioned by the Senate so the USA is not officially at war.
It's not a war, but the US is officially not at war.
You see folks, this is why you shouldn't allow people from the US in your country. They are dumb as hell.
Geo idiot, NATO is controlled by the US. They, the French and the British are just protecting their assets with US taxpayers money, thanks to Patty Obozo (Obama)
Fido,
Mar 29th, 2011 - 08:06 pm - Link - Report abuse 0you are too young and too distant to have seen a *real* war.
Trust me, this is far from being a war, and if you, me and all those involved try their damn'dest to stop it becoming one, it will be so much better for the world . . . . save the people (remember Warsaw, Schrebreniza, Ruanda), then get it stable, and get out.
If the Libyans want to expel the Gadaffi family, I'm sure Chavez will accommodate them, but, sure as hell, I don't want them here in Brasil.
Geoff.
7 “Chavez will accommodate them”
Mar 29th, 2011 - 09:36 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Really?
One studied in UK, the other animal in US.
“When unrest exploded in Libya last month, Khamis Gadhafi--the youngest son of the country's embattled leader Muammar Gadhafi--wasn't around. He was on an internship program in the United States
Khamis, who runs Libya's special forces, quickly returned to his home country, where he has led a military unit that has brutally suppressed rebel forces.”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20110329/ts_yblog_thelookout/until-uprising-gadhafis-son-was-on-u-s-internship
Yes, Marcos,
Mar 30th, 2011 - 12:35 am - Link - Report abuse 0but do you really think that Homeland Security would welcome Gadaffi, with or without his family.
Think of :
the deaths of Americans in Lockerbie, and
the deaths of the English and Irish killed by the IRA using Libyan-provided guns and explosives.
No, a pariah can only be accommodated by another social excommunicant, and there are few that fit the bill more perfectly than Chavez.
That would be the kindest option because, if he stays in Libya, 'forces unknown' will ensure that disaffected Libyans - perhaps those that lost their families to the regime - will be enabled to get to the erstwhile ''father-of-the-nation'.
Geo, Tell his very special adviser and friend Tony Blair to make some room at his home for him and family.
Mar 30th, 2011 - 01:25 am - Link - Report abuse 0OK, Marcos (10),
Mar 30th, 2011 - 10:05 am - Link - Report abuse 0I'll pass on your suggestion.
Trouble is, since 2007, Mr Blair has been the world's United Nations Middle East Envoy, so to be scrupulously even-handed, he would have to offer 'open house' to a whole host of characters, savoury, less-savoury, and definitely unedible.
I ask you, faced with a plateful of hammas, could you eat a whole one?
;-)
Tony Liar Bliar already has his friends of JP Morgan Chase in his house. While he's hiding under his desk, he's laughing out loud how dumb the people in the US are.
Mar 30th, 2011 - 05:50 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Commenting for this story is now closed.
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