Reagan lobbed a cruise through his front door - killing one of his daughters.
Bush played hard ball and got him to give up his WMD's and help with capturing and turning in Al Queda - who Qaddafi considers his deadly enemies too. Qaddafi was quiet and compliant compared to most of the ME countries over there. This is NOT the country we should be going into war with with all the real fires in the region.
and if you think this has ANYthing to do with Lockerbie, you are either naive or think we are.
obama is conducting an illegal war with no mandate from the U.S. And he quickly went way beyond the 'no fly' mandate he got from the UN. they have NO RIGHT to be destroying that country and NO MANDATE to target Qaddafi for assassination...and certainly no right to be killing children.
We have made a deadly enemy out of someone who was keeping his country stable in the middle of a powder keg.
And who are we propping up? They even admit they don't know (well, they do, but...we'll all just keep ignoring all the reports about the al Queada there.)
obama says he had to go in because Qaddafi was 'going to' slaughter his people. And who were the 'people' he was fighting that gave obama this cover story?
they were al Queda criminals that, upon release from prison terms, attacked a police station, killed policemen and confiscated weapons which they used to continue attacts. Qaddafi went after them.
so why are we there? Beside the goal to turn yet another friendly ME country over to the Muslim Brotherhood and al Queada?
Think on this: Qaddafi has billions in gold - physical gold. Unlike Mobarak and others, he doesn't have his gold in Swiss banks or anywhere else but in Libya.
As far as Italy and France? They want to be sure that liquid gold that flows under the sea from Libya to Italy doesn't dry up.
You think obama doesn't plan to put our troops on the ground there - and to hell with what we think?
Remember when Gates said, recently in congress when asked if we'd put boots on the ground? He said: "Not on MY watch!"
I said: "He just signed his 'resignation letter."
And indeed - now he's being replaced by Panetta - who's hitched at the hip with Obama.
So I surmise you are either totally uninformed of the realities (and we don't have half the picture) - or are deliberately trying to obfuscate what is going on, thinkig we are as clueless as obama thinks we are, not that he doesn't have reason to so think - after all, he was elected.
Better be watching the other hand - while he's got us busy clucking over th so-called release of his long form - and knowing the world and the news would be dominated for a few days with THE WEDDING, he puts in a lap dog that well may put boots on the ground. You really think we need to be in another war? (We've already lost a good friend of the family over there - there should not be ONE of our soldiers lives put in harms way for this phony war.) NOT ONE. Are you watching?
Anybody?
Lockerbie - meh. Like obama gives a rats behind about that - that was only white folk.
Probably the most cogitative, accurate, detailed response on the war against Libya I have read to date.
The Obama Empire war machine goes into action for the illustrious Pirate in Chief.
The Rat lamented "Evil Empire" has become a self fulfilling prophecy.
We are so screwed.
“Bush played hard ball and got him to give up his WMD’s and help with capturing and turning in Al Queda - who Qaddafi considers his deadly enemies too. Qaddafi was quiet and compliant compared to most of the ME countries over there. This is NOT the country we should be going into war with with all the real fires in the region.”
it isn’t accidental, obama is actively trying to topple regimes in the middle east that are adversarial towards radical islamic movements. the betrayal of mubarak is going to have serious and negative permanent implications for US relations and policy in the region no matter who is president next.
Do not infer my attitudes from a 7 word post. Let me parse it out for you. Other people's INNOCENT children and grandchildren died in and over Lockerbie as a direct result of this madman's machinations. I do not shed a single tear for this maniac or any of his family. He sowed the wind, he reaps the whirlwind. That's all my post said, end of story.
As for your post, I actually agree with almost everything you said, except for your inferences about me. I didn't come down with the rain, I know this "war" doesn't have anything to do with Lockerbie.