USS Kearsarge
Posted on 03/01/2011 12:43:32 PM PST by americanophile
Fox News says the United States has deployed some Marines and two amphibious ships to help with the evacuations in Libya.
The news comes one day after the U.S. moved naval and air forces closer to Libya and said all options were open, including patrols of the North African nation's skies to protect its citizens from their ruler, Muammar Qaddafi.
The Obama administration is demanding that Gadhafi relinquish power immediately.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton warned that Libya is at risk of collapsing into a "protracted civil war" amid increasingly violent clashes between the two sides.
On Tuesday, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice cast doubt on Qaddafi's sanity and ability to lead and said the international community will continue pressuring Qaddafi with embargos and sanctions until he steps down.
(Excerpt) Read more at myfoxphilly.com ...
BTW, God looks after Marines as well, He knows we need it.
So we’re going to put U.S. troops directly into an actual foreign civil war? This smells real bad.
that’s good beer.
I agree, unless there are still Americans in harms way.If there are, then that’s why we have United States Marines.Otherwise I say leave it alone.
1. inflation, CHECK
2. high unemployment, CHECK
3. mounting energy crisis, CHECK
4. appeals for “sacrifice”, CHECK
5. worries of an out-of touch leader, CHECK
6. malaise, CHECK
7. Desert 1 boondoggle, TO BE ANNOUNCED
No doubt the media will be all over this Obama decision! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Funny, I was thinking the same thing about Obama.
LOL> Where is code pink? What about Hussein’s promise not to interfere in another nation’s affairs?
Cue the network outrage. LOL.
I hope our Marines are safe—and I hope Hussein’s hypocrisy causes him the plummet in popularity and support he so richly deserves.
They are going to assist the failed ferry op.
The Brits are handling the old man
I don’t know the whole story but at face value this sounds foolish. I venture to say “idiotic”. But who knows. Maybe al-Qaeda has taken up new digs.
LMBO! POTD! And I completely concur.
We’re gonna need some, what with Zero blithering around trying to be more of a Jimmy Carter than Jimmy Carter ever dreamed of being ...
The liberals will swoon over Obama sending troops.
He just wants to send in the troops to make sure the most fanatical crazy muslim leader replaces Gaddafi.
And the anti-war protesters of the Bush years, where are they now that they're needed?
USS Kearsarge
Will The Messiah! get another Peace Prize for this?
He is merely putting on a show.
I believe the Brits are acting with the younger son and various leaders to take control once the old man is out of the picture.
Obama is out of the loop. He can not be trusted
It would not be the first time the U.S. Marie core “assisted” in a change of government in Tripoli.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Barbary_War
Looks like the United States Marines Corps are going back to the shores of Tripoli!
“We are about to lose good Americans so obamma can run as a war time president, hope some of you fools are happy.”
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH, WAR IS PEACE-PRIZE...
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