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Kerry urges Obama to impose Libya no-fly zone
Boston Globe ^ | Wednesday, March 16, 2011 | Mark Arsenault (Posted by Glen Johnson)

Posted on 03/16/2011 7:09:33 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

"The international community cannot simply watch from the sidelines as this quest for democracy is met with raw violence," said Kerry, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, in a lengthy policy speech today.

The Massachusetts Democrat said the Arab League's endorsement this weekend of a no-fly zone over Libya is unprecedented.

"The Security Council should act now, in my judgment, to heed the Arab League's call" and to avert a humanitarian disaster, said Kerry, in remarks to a room packed with foreign journalists at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a Washington think tank.

Kerry's call for action on a no-fly zone marks an evolution in his view on the subject. He did not start out calling for immediate imposition of a no-fly zone; rather, he urged diplomatic and logistical preparation for the zone.

(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; US: Illinois; US: Massachusetts; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: arableague; cefip; illinois; johnfkerry; johnkerry; kerry; libya; massachusetts; noflyzone; un
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1 posted on 03/16/2011 7:09:35 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv

And he was almost President.


2 posted on 03/16/2011 7:10:56 PM PDT by screaminsunshine (34 States)
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To: SunkenCiv

Is Kerry going to shot them in the back?


3 posted on 03/16/2011 7:11:07 PM PDT by righttackle44 (I may not be much, but I raised a U.S. Marine.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; Delacon; ...

Mister Nuance didn't want a no-fly right away, nope, not him.
4 posted on 03/16/2011 7:11:40 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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To: SunkenCiv

He’s grandstanding........


5 posted on 03/16/2011 7:12:07 PM PDT by Red Badger (How can anyone look at the situation in Libya and be for gun control is beyond stupid. It's suicide.)
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To: Red Badger

Of course he’s grandstanding, it’s over in Libya. The opposition has been massacred Where was Kerry about two weeks ago, or was he opposed to the idea back then?


6 posted on 03/16/2011 7:14:30 PM PDT by Obadiah (If you were going to shoot a mime, would you use a silencer?)
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To: SunkenCiv

Kerry.

The ultimate warrior.


7 posted on 03/16/2011 7:20:15 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Sharia? No, thanks.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Quest for democracy, kerry is out of his rabbit ass mind.


8 posted on 03/16/2011 7:20:52 PM PDT by org.whodat
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To: Obadiah

Yes John I served in Vietnam Kerry certainly was against helping the Libyan Opposition forces before he was for helping them... Typical lib... now we can see why they had so much distain for George W. Bush, how dare someone make a decision and mean what they say and actually have the nerve to follow through with it even in the face of political adversity......

George W. Bush was the epitomy of Teddy Roosevelts “Man in the arena”


9 posted on 03/16/2011 7:21:03 PM PDT by Typical_Whitey ("It doesn't matter how smart you are, unless you stop and think".... Thomas Sowell)
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To: SunkenCiv
The Massachusetts Democrat said the Arab League's endorsement this weekend of a no-fly zone over Libya is unprecedented.

Then let the Arab League CONDUCT the no-fly zone!!!!!

No blood for muslims!

10 posted on 03/16/2011 7:25:01 PM PDT by ScottinVA (Not one drop of American blood for muslims in Libya or anywhere else!!!!)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

And it is too late in Libya!
The idiots missed the chance to remove Daffy.
All those people who were begging for help to overthrow the dictator are dead or soon will be.
And Hillary smiled and said “wait on the other countries to help.”
2012 can not come soon enough.....


11 posted on 03/16/2011 7:26:50 PM PDT by 9422WMR (Illegal is not a race. Obamacare is a crime)
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To: SunkenCiv
this quest for democracy

Are you friggin' kidding me? WHAT is the evidence the al Qaeda-supported rebellion is awash with "democratic" ideals? Democrats... They is SOOOOOOO Stoopid!

12 posted on 03/16/2011 7:27:21 PM PDT by ScottinVA (Not one drop of American blood for muslims in Libya or anywhere else!!!!)
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To: SunkenCiv


13 posted on 03/16/2011 7:28:53 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
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To: SunkenCiv

I don't think Obama would be effective in enforcing that....

14 posted on 03/16/2011 7:28:53 PM PDT by mikrofon (BS does draw a lot of them)
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To: 9422WMR
All those people who were begging for help to overthrow the dictator.

You mean, THESE people?


15 posted on 03/16/2011 7:30:20 PM PDT by ScottinVA (Not one drop of American blood for muslims in Libya or anywhere else!!!!)
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To: SunkenCiv

Kerry/Gore 2012


16 posted on 03/16/2011 7:30:45 PM PDT by Gator113 (I'll be voting for Sarah Palin, Liberty, our Constitution and American Exceptionalism.)
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To: ScottinVA

The rebels knew that is why they asked for Bush’s help.


17 posted on 03/16/2011 7:31:34 PM PDT by scooby321
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Hilarious.

He’ll turn on this adventure he’s advocating as soon as there’s a civilian casualty.

Just like he turned on Iraq.

Screw John Kerry.


18 posted on 03/16/2011 7:33:02 PM PDT by nyc1
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To: SunkenCiv
What a fool. Now after you all talk about it forever, you decide to make a military maneuver?

Really, I mean really?

Setting up American pilots for failure? That is what you have done. Fools. Let Europe handle it if they want it so terribly. Case closed.
19 posted on 03/16/2011 7:37:50 PM PDT by JSteff ((((It was ALL about SCOTUS. Most forget about that and HAVE DOOMED us for a generation or more.))))
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To: SunkenCiv

So John Kerry agrees with Sarah Palin then? Wonder if he realizes that...


20 posted on 03/16/2011 7:38:39 PM PDT by prairiebreeze (70 years ago the Japanese were our mortal enemies. Today, we pray for their nation.)
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