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What's with All the questions: How should I, the citizen reader, be expected to know? Even Senator Lugar doesn't know much.

Senator Richard Lugar, senior Republican on the Foreign Relations Committee, wonders "who it is in Libya that we're trying to support?"

Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm Mike Mullen on ABC This Week "is speculating".

The Arab League Secretary General says the missile strikes and aerial bombing had gone too far and we just got started.

Then at the end we get:

SOUND OFF: Did the UN make the right decision in approving a no-fly zone?

1 posted on 03/20/2011 2:21:14 PM PDT by fight_truth_decay
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“Obviously, the people who are against Qaddafi, but who?? Sen. Lugar asked on CBS’ Face the Nation. ?In eastern Libya, for example, a huge number of people went off to help the Iraqis against the United States in a war that still is winding down.?


2 posted on 03/20/2011 2:25:39 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: fight_truth_decay

The real question is not if Kadaffy Duck will be gone, but when will Barry Barack Soretoes Obama and Richard Lugar be gone?


3 posted on 03/20/2011 2:29:57 PM PDT by IbJensen (Grab your pitchforks!)
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To: fight_truth_decay

This is insanity.

What the hell are we doing bombing another 3d world muslim country?

They were doing a perfectly good job of killing each other off.

This is all about beefing up Obama’s credentials for the 2012 election.


7 posted on 03/20/2011 2:36:32 PM PDT by Iron Munro ("Our country's founders cherished liberty, not democracy." -- Ron Paul)
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To: fight_truth_decay

If we are all smart, it will last as long as it takes to remove Kadaffy and his Family to the presence of Allah.

No solution that involves the survival of the Kadaffy Klan is acceptable.


10 posted on 03/20/2011 2:38:01 PM PDT by Bean Counter (Stout Hearts!I)
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The Administration isn't going to vocalize what its true intentions are.
They know that Q-daffy hates America and would kill westerners again if he could get away with it and they may suspect that the rebels are, to a large degree, made up of Islamist facists, who would turn to international terrorism if they were in control.
If that is the case, a reasonable strategy could be to keep Q-daffy in power in western Libya with rebels controlling the western part of the country with each side keeping each other busy for years to come rather than focusing their energy externally for terrorist activities.
Under such a scenario, the no-fly zone would ensure that Q-daffy can't defeat the rebels, but such that Q-daffy retains sufficient capability to keep the rebel at bay.
12 posted on 03/20/2011 2:39:30 PM PDT by Riodacat (And when all is said and done, there'll be a hell of a lot more said than done......)
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I would rather attack Saudi Arabia.


13 posted on 03/20/2011 2:39:30 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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Contrary to the pundits, I think Kaddafi will bug-out to another country when the bombs get too close. He has a history of personal cowardice.

The pundits say he has no place to run. Not true. Several countries would be happy to take him & his millions/billions. Venezuela, Cuba, Iran, Pakistan, several African states, & maybe Saudi Arabia would take him in & shelter him from the Hague courts.

The closer the JDAMs come to that yellow streak on his back, the sooner he will leave.

15 posted on 03/20/2011 2:43:53 PM PDT by Mister Da (The mark of a wise man is not what he knows, but what he knows he doesn't know!)
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Notice when Bush went to Iraq he talked to the UN, he talked to Congress, he talked to the American People and was not shy about saying regime change was the goal. Obama? Hell no! He's using some fake cover story about "protecting civilians" during a civil or revolutionary war!

Senator Richard Lugar, senior Republican on the Foreign Relations Committee, wonders "who it is in Libya that we're trying to support?"

From sorting through Obama's mishmash of messages, it seems we're supporting all sides. Obama said we're not picking "winners and losers" and while he publicly called for regime change last month now that we're attacking he says removing Gaddafi is not a goal.

Obama really is the president of WTF and it's not "winning the future" either.

28 posted on 03/20/2011 5:58:51 PM PDT by newzjunkey (Obama: nobel peace prize winner, warmonger, golfer.)
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