Posted on 03/29/2011 2:31:56 PM PDT by edpc
RAS LANOUF, Libya – Moammar Gadhafi's forces hammered rebels with tanks and rockets, turning their rapid advance into a panicked retreat in an hourslong battle Tuesday. The fighting underscored the dilemma facing the U.S. and its allies in Libya: Rebels may be unable to oust Gadhafi militarily unless already contentious international airstrikes go even further in taking out his forces.
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nobama, the great leader, is so intelligent. nobama’s WTF foreign policy apparently is working so very, very well...very well.
Which is a problem in the long term because the dictators know all they have to do is lay low when a Republican is president, knowing that in 4 or 8 years we'll elect a stupid DemocRAT and they can go whole hog (pun to Islamists intended).
Well, we're seeing how the world views us when our president is an unqualified community organizer.
I'm convinced the current administration seeks to destroy our sovereignty and our reputation.
EODGUY
Evidence of how “transformative” Obama’s election really was: Never in my life did I imagine I would one day be rooting for a Moammar Gadhafi victory. But there you are. If Obama wants him out, it can only be that the rebels are even more anti-Western than Gadhafi is. The world is now a very, very strange place.
There will be hell to pay for this clown's mistakes.
So true.
Ghaddafi may have realized that his long-term viability is dependent upon exterminating the opposing tribes. Killing all the men and boys, and distributing the women and girls among his allies.
Of course, that point also applies to the tribally-based rebels as well.
They are getting ready for the second state of this operation- Ground troops.
We don’t have any ground troops we can spare right now. And who else is going to step up? I vote for the Chinese.
I vote for the Brits and French . It’s their oil after all.
Still, I can't understand for the life of me what the hell we're doing there.
And, I have no doubt that before it's said and done we will have "boots on the ground"...since I'm certain we do already.
I mean, what's a few combat brigades between friends?
The French and British should have been told: This is your problem. Fix it.
I know Kristol is in favor. Then again, he’s a “neocon” who bought into the Bush Doctorine belief in freedom across the Middle East. However, I think the last decade has shown the population of that area is incapable of responsible self governance.
Find out which horse Obama is sure does not have a chance to win the Kentucky Derby.
Put all your money on that horse.
We agree to some extent but you are wrong if you think that the Bush doctrine was ever about self-governance. A case in point was the administration’s effort to ignore the result of the Gaza/West election once their side lost. Bush only supported self-governance when people voted the “right” way.
Why not? It works already for the American left.
That’s kind of what I was getting at when I said “responsible and stable.” If the election is free and fair, you have to respect the outcome, but not necessarily the wisdom of the choice.
Ok, please help me out here. Just what in the he!! is a "kinetic military action"?
I hope he kills these al quaeda bastards by the thousands!! Why are we supporting al quaeda? They killed 2700 people at the WTC and destroyed aircraft and killed Americans in the Pentagon. Then that Nidal Hussan SOB (Who still has not been executed) killed 13 and wounded 40 Brave soldiers at Ft Hood Texas. Wake the hell up. Are you just watching basketball and don’t give a crap? Hassan was nothing but a POS Wahhabi. Yes , Good luck to Qadaffi killing those sorry bastards. What the hell are we doing??
This too shall pass.
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