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Germans Pull Forces Out of NATO as Libyan Coalition Falls Apart
dailymail.com ^ | Last updated at 11:42 PM on 22nd March 2011 | By Daily Mail Reporter

Posted on 03/22/2011 6:53:59 PM PDT by 11th_VA

Deep divisions between allied forces currently bombing Libya worsened today as the German military announced it was pulling forces out of NATO over continued disagreement on who will lead the campaign.

A German military spokesman said it was recalling two frigates and AWACS surveillance plane crews from the Mediterranean, after fears they would be drawn into the conflict if NATO takes over control from the U.S.

The infighting comes as a heated meeting of NATO ambassadors yesterday failed to resolve whether the 28-nation alliance should run the operation to enforce a U.N.-mandated no-fly zone, diplomats said.

Yesterday a war of words erupted between the U.S. and Britain after the U.K. government claimed Muammar Gaddafi is a legitimate target for assassination.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Germany; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: epicfail4obama; gaddafi; germany; libya; nationalsecurityfail; nato; obama; obamaisepicfail; revolution
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To: 11th_VA

Blame it on Rio.


81 posted on 03/22/2011 7:47:26 PM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: MindBender26

It all turns to Farrakhan (Islamic).......


82 posted on 03/22/2011 7:49:13 PM PDT by Red Badger (How can anyone look at the situation in Libya and be for gun control is beyond stupid. It's suicide.)
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To: rabidralph

I thought they all drove Volkswagen Busses i.e. “Back to the Future”.


83 posted on 03/22/2011 7:49:19 PM PDT by RS_Rider (I hate Illinois Nazis)
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To: 11th_VA

The Germans cut and run before France??? Laura mercy! Meanwhile, Bambi learns you can’t just phone it in.


84 posted on 03/22/2011 7:51:36 PM PDT by NonValueAdded (Palin 2012: don't retreat, just restock [chg'd to comply w/ The Civility in Discourse Act of 2011])
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To: Red Badger

It’s Twue! It’s Twue! (Mel Brooks)


85 posted on 03/22/2011 7:52:05 PM PDT by MindBender26 (Fighting the "con" in Conservatism on FR since 1998.)
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To: Travis McGee

My God. I’m so embarrassed of my country right now — of this president, of this sorry state of affairs we’re in.

Could just never have imagined it ...I’m seriously, seriously just embarrased.

Coalition fell apart before he could even return HOME!


86 posted on 03/22/2011 7:52:18 PM PDT by LibsRJerks
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To: Aleya2Fairlie; ladyjane; dfwgator
You're all right, of course. I was speaking out of frustration. I fear we have socked the Tar Baby in the Mideast. God help us and God save our gallant troops!

Lamh Foistenach Abu!
87 posted on 03/22/2011 7:52:35 PM PDT by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines, RVN '69 - St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle!)
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To: silentknight

Remarkable, isn’t it? If he’d chosen instead to “go it alone,” we’d have had a chance. But no, he has to cobble together a coalition.
It has as much promise as getting married to five people you only just met.
The honeymoon is over, Hussein.


88 posted on 03/22/2011 7:54:07 PM PDT by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast (Public education is WELFARE.)
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To: dfwgator

Wrong. Merkel does not want to support the muslim that TV drooling idiots here elected in 2008.

7 years after Muslims murdered 3,000 innocent Americans.


89 posted on 03/22/2011 7:54:42 PM PDT by Frantzie (HD TV - Total Brain-washing now in High Def. 3-D Coming soon)
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To: farmguy
Did barrack just kill NATO?

Maybe that was his plan from the beginning.


90 posted on 03/22/2011 7:58:57 PM PDT by reagan_fanatic (A communist is just a liberal in a hurry)
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To: 11th_VA

But, but — the Arab League said we should do this....

So much easier to sit back and watch the “cowboy” Americans do the worlds policing.

Questions: why are we paying for this? Why are our pilots put in harms way? What are the chances that a liberated Libya will be pro-American?


91 posted on 03/22/2011 7:59:11 PM PDT by garjog
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To: 11th_VA
Hoist the digit to rapidly islamizing Turkey. This is the second time those Worthy Oriental Gentlemen have screwed us on an international military action. WTF'em. The choice is between being human and being a Muslim. The Turks are choosing Muslim. Damn shame.

Our fabulous Magical Marxist Mulatto Mombasa Muslim MF has screwed the pooch big time, but I am sure that this will be portrayed in the MSM as a triumph of diplomacy over brute force. After all, our Affirmative Action Anus has merely wrecked NATO and totally destroyed our credibility as a world power with European influence.

The French can handle this alone, accompanied by three aircraft from Qatar to give them Muslim cred and maybe sell more Rafales. Bad dead Muslims and Ghaddaffi's head on a pike will serve Sarkozy very well in the elections coming up by undercutting LePen; along with a crackdown on his Muslim Street at home. The Frogs will put many Muslim teeth on the street. And about time, too.

Do not worry. This is a good day for Christendom. Technical problem of the day: drive the Gadaffians from Misurata. The Italians want Libyan oil? Cool. Let them handle it.

What we have to handle is the POTUS. The SOB should be under house arrest in DC. He is our Zelaya.

92 posted on 03/22/2011 8:02:47 PM PDT by Kenny Bunk (America might survive Obama. But it cannot survive with the kind of people who would vote for him.)
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To: MindBender26
It all turns to farakat (Yiddish)

Farkakte!

93 posted on 03/22/2011 8:09:03 PM PDT by April Lexington (Study the Constitution so you know what they are taking away!)
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To: Professional

UK/BP/Bilderbergers want that Libyan oil. They want to replace their old puppet with a new one. I mean they helped spring the Lockerbie bomber.


94 posted on 03/22/2011 8:13:33 PM PDT by Frantzie (HD TV - Total Brain-washing now in High Def. 3-D Coming soon)
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To: Spruce
Better Obama slogan: Wrecking the Future


95 posted on 03/22/2011 8:13:55 PM PDT by garjog
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To: the invisib1e hand

Obama’s OPERATION EPIC FAIL!


96 posted on 03/22/2011 8:14:33 PM PDT by wetgundog (" Extremism in the Defense of Liberty is no Vice")
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To: 11th_VA

A good next step would be for the USA to pull out of NATO - completely.


97 posted on 03/22/2011 8:15:29 PM PDT by PGR88 (I'm so open-minded my brains fell out)
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To: exit82

Maybe Obama can create a Gulf of Tonkin like LBJ with his Vietnam War.

Merkel wants nothing to do with the Muslim. This has nothing to do with NATO. Obama destroyed NATO in a week too.


98 posted on 03/22/2011 8:16:33 PM PDT by Frantzie (HD TV - Total Brain-washing now in High Def. 3-D Coming soon)
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To: 11th_VA

Interesting.


99 posted on 03/22/2011 8:18:12 PM PDT by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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To: Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
"if Obama said he hates America on LIVE TV and he was born on Uranus..." But, consider:


100 posted on 03/22/2011 8:19:16 PM PDT by garjog
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