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To: Marine_Uncle

I think there is a bit of a misunderstanding here. My comment about “did you read the article” was aimed at Gusty who seemed to think that just because I had posted an article from Al Jazeera that it probably had no validity. I think comments 56 and 57. This was not a reference to the two articles posted earlier on the tribes of Libya. If you asked me to no longer ping you because you were miffed about my question, I hope I have now cleared up the misunderstanding. If you no longer wish me to ping you on anything, I will, of course, respect your wishes. I have only been sending you these messages because you seem well informed and interested in broader discourse.


72 posted on 03/31/2011 10:41:15 PM PDT by gleeaikin
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To: gleeaikin
No dear lady. My wording was bad. I should have elaborated more clearly as to why I asked you to stop pinging. As I attempted to do in my follow up was indicate that I spend on many given days...today was an exception, where I spent many hours at CSPAN to catch up on all the Congressional grillings of Gates and Mullins over how this whole episode is really not good in many respects.
On most days I can spend twelve hours plus a day hitting dozens of L/MSM, blog sites, lesser news media, Major media outlets outside the US, blah blah blah.
I have no problem with Aol. And I was not critical of their versions. But. What you send me I have most probably already read a number of versions.
That is what I should have respectively responded in kind initially. I failed to do so.
If you see something you really feel something really requires me to respond. Do so. But actually. About five days back I responded in one communication I don't really care what happens in Libya. I had good reasons to respond in the matter. I meant it. It is a loosing battle. So many Democrats at this point are joining in with the Republican side to acknowledge that this was all approached from the wrong view/way. The mad man in Libya and his follow everything coming out of the US Congress and elsewhere. They are not stupid. The realize so many screw up where made by this administration with the blessings of the State Department goons, that it may soon hog tie any effective attempts the US primarily pursue.
Perhaps if you can find time you may view some of the CSPAN Congressional hearings going forth over the past few days.
The War Powers Act. Was not followed. Just to name one. It may end up that the House does not provide funding for this whole mess. And it is not just the Republicans on that issue.
So. Like I have been eluding to for two weeks or so. I am against the object behind this Libyan issue. Since when just for instance should UN mandates or a few European nations take rule over the POTUS prior to any military applied use of force, not first carefully consult the Congress on it's intentions. It is now un-winding if you permit me... that the executive branch has pissed off many in the Congress. But more importantly a careful view of what has come to pass, is that it was deliberate. And the WH as well as the DOS know full well they did not follow the proper protocols. The side stepped much and continue to use the UN as an excuse. Well the hell with the one world far left infiltrated by design from it's origin UN.
It is surfacing slowly as to how many various elements of really radical Muslim groups that work out of Libya along with elements of known al Qaeda, may perhaps benefit from any continued downfall of the current government.
When asked on several occasions by members of both sides of Congress to primarily to Gates, just who are we supposedly supporting he gave doe eyes, and admitted he hadn't a clue.
Stop watch click.
This is why I am totally against this whole as I have used the term fiasco more then once. They either don't know what the hell they are doing OR. They do. And it is not in the best interest of the USA as how they have conducted this whole affair. A hell of a lot more innocent women, children, and men have been killed off in a number of countries in Africa for instance, a lot more then Libya by any stretch of the imagination. Where we have a few hundred rag tag so named rebels... totally IMHO by the reporters on the ground... to zip about and appear like they are representing the majority tribes of the state of Libya.
If it where not so sad lives are being lost, it would be funny.
As for NATO. It is a joke how so many times Hillary, Gates, Mullins and others have made it sound like the US will step down and take some minor role. BS. The US drives NATO in almost all of it's capacity. The European nations take a fourth level down seat.
The hundred million per week will continue to be used up out of our tax dollars, to partially protect some areas of civilian population centers in Libya.
So with out further ruining your eye balls for this evening, I give you just a few concerns I for one have about this whole affair. I slightly touch on it. I to have had a family member, a nephew who put two tours in Iraq in some of the most dangerous areas, as well as being in S4 (Intel Staff level) as first a private then later as a Lance Corporal then Corporal in the Marine Corps., more then once almost got blown into tiny bits and many times shot at...going into small towns in al Anbar... think south, west and north of Baghdad, then later during the major offenses called Operation Matador in upper al Anbar along the Syrian border, westward close to the Jordanian line all the way to the east of the Tigris flying choppers into bad areas, driving humvees into areas where all he had was a partial squad.....The a full tour in Afghanistan first working for the "General in Kabul", then during this tour as a civilian after he left the Corps., to Kabul and back with both Army and Marines and SOC in four provinces.
So I place first our sons, daughters, nephews, nieces, moms, dads, uncle and aunts..... we love them as the primary concern. I don't see if this Libyan operation expands that it is in the best interest of the United States nor all our military in the air, by the sea and in the air to go in harms way for a very ill defined at best missions that does not even meet the either of the three permitted reasons under the War Power Act to be doing what the US is now doing.
Tis late. I have been on the Internet since seven this morning, with interim breaks for domestic needs. Do have a great upcoming day. Whoops. I did not ask you to not ping me. But not to blast me with news streams that I am fully keeping an eye on.
73 posted on 03/31/2011 11:28:31 PM PDT by Marine_Uncle (Honor must be earned....Duncan Hunter Sr. for POTUS.)
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