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Middle East expert: Obama acted like ‘shy and unwilling bride’ on Libya
The US Report ^ | 21 March 2011 | Kay Day

Posted on 03/21/2011 2:37:36 PM PDT by Crush

Are you asking yourself why the U.S. has joined a military effort that effectively opens up the third leg of a war in the Middle East? Are you asking the great question progressive media refuse to ask? That question, of course, is how a president could justify a war where there was no aggression towards America when as a US senator, the elected official had nothing good to say about any war. One Middle East expert, Michael Scheuer, tackled such questions in a blog post and Scheuer did not go easy on our commander-in-chief.

Scheuer, former chief of the CIA’s bin Laden unit, has written books, articles and blog posts about US policy in the Middle East. Scheuer believes Obama’s cooperation in establishing a no-fly zone is a cataclysmic mistake for the U.S. Scheuer and others believe al Qaeda and AQ sympathizers will view and promote this action as one more in a long line of assaults on Muslims.

Scheuer voiced his opinions in an essay on Saturday, and I highly recommend you read it if you’re interested in U.S. foreign policy. There are things I disagree with Scheuer about, but I often agree with his perspectives. His book Osama Bin Laden is arguably the most authentic book on the AQ leader because Scheuer had access to insights no other writer has had, not even Lawrence Wright whose The Looming Tower is top of the list as a tool for researchers.

I noticed when our president spoke about the no-fly zone on TV, his heart just didn’t appear to be in the rhetoric. President Barack Obama, when he’s fired up, could talk a popsicle out of melting—he’s that good when it comes to oratory. But as I listened to his reasoning—protecting the Libyan people—I felt even he didn’t believe what...

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: libya; obamawarcriminal; obamawars

1 posted on 03/21/2011 2:37:39 PM PDT by Crush
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To: Crush

"But the second time...Yee-hah!"
2 posted on 03/21/2011 2:41:04 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both)
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To: Crush
Obama acted like ‘shy and unwilling bride’ on Libya

But not on Reggie Love

3 posted on 03/21/2011 2:41:41 PM PDT by WPaCon
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To: Crush
"I take thee, Libya..."


5 posted on 03/21/2011 2:43:38 PM PDT by Dr. Sheldon Cooper (If Mohammed were alive today, he wouldnÂ’t be allowed to live within 1000 yards of a school.)
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To: Crush

IOW, like a 9-yr-old child.


6 posted on 03/21/2011 2:45:07 PM PDT by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast (Public education is WELFARE.)
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To: Crush

He still spread his legs pretty wide.

Obama is a war criminal in Libya, Pakistan and Yemen.


7 posted on 03/21/2011 2:45:37 PM PDT by NoLibZone (Impeach Obama & try him for treason / Homosexuals reject diversity / Unions finally caught for theft)
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East. Scheuer believes Obama’s cooperation in establishing a no-fly zone is a cataclysmic mistake for the U.S.

Yes but as long as it jump starts his old campaign funding network for his 2012 campaign, it's good to be the king.

8 posted on 03/21/2011 2:46:35 PM PDT by fso301
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To: BenLurkin

If this doesn’t kill his 2012 president hopes, I don’t know what will.


9 posted on 03/21/2011 2:48:03 PM PDT by McKayopectate
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To: Crush
a shy and unwilling bride

AKA a goat in the middle east...

10 posted on 03/21/2011 2:49:48 PM PDT by ghost of nixon
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To: Crush

Obama is following the lead of the Brits and French because they asked.


11 posted on 03/21/2011 2:49:58 PM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. N.C. D.E. +12 ....( History is a process, not an event ))
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Grrrrrr....

Madonna’s Like a Virgin song playing in my head.....

Get it out, get it out.


12 posted on 03/21/2011 2:53:56 PM PDT by Sir Napsalot (Pravda + Useful Idiots = CCCP; JournOList + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey!)
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To: Crush

bfl


13 posted on 03/21/2011 2:56:33 PM PDT by BerryDingle (I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
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