Posted on 03/20/2011 11:34:25 AM PDT by Jim 726
TRIPOLI - Western forces pounded Libya's air defenses and patrolled its skies on Sunday, but their day-old intervention hit a serious diplomatic setback as the Arab League chief condemned the "bombardment of civilians".
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi vowed to defeat the Western powers' "terrorism" and sent his troops and tanks into the rebel-held coastal city of Misrata, residents said.
European and US forces unleashed warplanes and cruise missiles against Gaddafi on Saturday in a United Nations-backed intervention to prevent the veteran leader from killing civilians as he fights an uprising against his 41-year rule.
But Arab League chief Amr Moussa said what was happening was not what Arabs had envisaged when they called for the imposition of a no-fly zone over Libya.
"What is happening in Libya differs from the aim of imposing a no-fly zone, and what we want is the protection of civilians and not the bombardment of more civilians," he said.
In comments carried by Egypt's official state news agency, Moussa also said he was calling for an emergency Arab League meeting.
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I would say the Middle East is going down the toilet except they don’t have toilets and that explains what the big stink over the Middle East is all about.
LOL!!
Just nuke the place...test our nukes there for our move onIran in the future..We are already testing our War Toys now in Libya.
Practice made perfect.
This was completely predictable. I bet we could go dig around in the Arab press and find the teddy bear in the street shot.
(crickets)
I agree it is totally predicatable. If we had any cojones, now is the time to pull out and tell them to settle it themselves.
I agree it is totally predicatable. If we had any cojones, now is the time to pull out and tell them to settle it themselves.
Well, of course they did. It's called being pwned, and Obama and our other elites fell for it.
Well, if we're going to do that with Libya now that we've already started the war, why stay in Afghanistan or Iraq for that matter?
WOW! If we vaporize that much crap just THINK of the possibilities.
The brown cloud would envelop the planet, cooling it, and STOP GLOBAL WARMING!
Struggling eco-systems would eat that crap up like manna from heaven! THE RAINFORESTS WOULD BE SAVED!
The threat from the islamomaniacs would be gone , and MANKIND WOULD BE SAVED!
IT’S A TRIPLE! WE SAVE THE PLANET THREE TIMES OVER!
WIN-WIN-WIN!
They Beg
They Goad
They Shame us into doing it and as soon as we do, they condemn it as another example of America attacking Muslims. hahaha
Americans are the biggest fools on Earth every time.
Fool me once shame on you. Fool me 346 times, shame on me.
And......
PEACE IN THE MIDEAST!
CODEPINK WOULD STFU!!
ISRAEL COULD EXPAND AND WE COULD SOLVE OUR EMPLOYMENT PROBLEM WITH TRADING WITH ISRAEL!!
Why haven’t we thought of this before?
“Dr Strangelove, please pick up the white courtesy phone!”
I’m so excited I might even get out of this chair and jump up and down!
Ha ha ha, we told ya so Bama.
The Arab league wants us to check their Birth certificate and military ID before we bomb them.
Turned on us the first day out.
Then quit putting stratigic military facilities in day care centers for effect.
Arab League chief Amr Moussa said what was happening was not what Arabs had envisaged when they called for the imposition of a no-fly zone over Libya.It's almost as if Zero's completely incompetent. Or a turncoat. Or he's just not living up to his potential.
What our country needs is a brain cell in the White House. There aren’t any in there now, that’s for sure.
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