Nicholas Kristoff declares that “a humanitarian catastrophe has been averted for now,” and Dennis Ross claims 100,000 lives were saved by US intervention in Libya. Does any of this sound familiar? It’s precisely what the advocates of the bank bailout did. They came to Congress and the American public (and overseas too) and said: if you don’t give the banks and certain other favored mega-corporations $700 billion, financial Armageddon will ensue. After some reluctance, Congress caved — and, to this day, the TARPsters claim that, if not for the bailouit, we’d all be broke. Oh, wait — well, anyway, you get the point.
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100,000 lives saved? And he knows this how???
What we have here (Libya) is a disingenuous mountain of bulls*#t! Replete with the 'usual' politburo vassals yelping like there's to be no tomorrow.
"Oh save us Mr. Amerikan President Warrior Mans, or you know, we'll be doomed as doomed can be."
Thus spake some "anonymous" voice from West Benghazi or somewhere really really close to there.
“a humanitarian catastrophe has been averted for now,” and Dennis Ross claims 100,000 lives were saved by US intervention in Libya.
The sad part of it is that a sizable number, perhaps even a majority, of the compost-heaps-with-pulses that are the Amoricon majority actually believe this nonsense.
Cool, so we are saving the lives of al Qaida. 100,000 he said? Is the country great or what?
I am asking for Nobel peace price to be returned and for next president of USA or the president of republic of France or the servants’ of Queen of England and Bank of England to have their commitments in writing and signed mailing it to eligible voter so the elected officials cannot change their story or promises’ they make before people voting for them. It would be a document which people would have in their hand when they demand the wrong doing by elected to be impeached, resign, prosecuted and any other lawful means that is out there. The law makers don’t do it, so there must be rule of law allowing people to do it.
At the same time.., there should be a law when and if a elected official is proven to be guilty of a crime.., no matter what sort of lying or dishonesty.., then they are no longer be eligible for receiving their pension, nor a office paid by tax payers, nor the costs of a Library, or free travel by Airlines and or government entities nor secret service protection and not a book signing deal and while they are questioned by law enforcement their photos should be put on internet for people to recognize them.
Well, said. Take back the Nobel peace prize from Obama and give it to real freedom fighters like Manning and Assange. The Nobel prize can only regain its credibility by admitting that they have made a mistake and correct it, otherwise the prize lost its standing if they choose a war-mongering president as a recipient.
Why does anyone believe that the Establishment that awarded the Nobel Peace prize to Obama were “duped”/ They weren’t – we were. Thinking that a “Peace Prize” signifies anything in particular is a coceit for honest folk, not the worldly wise. The Empire is corrupt to the core. The first step to wisdom is to recognize that fact and to accept it as non-reversible reality. There will be no death bed acts of contrition from the Empire. Let it die in its own rot and go straight to Hell.
US and NATO knowing that Al Qaeda is in Libya and cooperating with Libyan so called rebels paving the way for future wars in African continent and invasion of Libya dividing it.., Al Queada is a excuse for US and NATO to attack another country just for that reason or a falsified ones.. This exactly a same strategy as in Iraq after when they find out that their lie about WMD was not true at all.., so they brought up the Al Quaeda which I think they are on the list of US government payee.., Obamam wanted to have a war on his name he got it.., now he is going to pass that on to the next president. Thats how the system works and been working for over 50 years.., is a militarism regime not a democracy.., a falsified one yes.., but not a functioning democracy.
In these times of rapid and tramatic transformation it is often difficult to keep pace with these changes and understand them. The Tunisians and Egyptians inspired the world and won their hearts through Peaceful non-violent Revolution where both Muslim and Christian united and unleashed an unstoppable force for good.The Libyans tried the same but were answered by brutality and murder. Now what we have is a situation where the EU is caught with their hands in the cookie Jar and does not want to be seen as war profiteers even though they sold Qaddafi quite the military. Who did they think he was going to use his weapons on, maniacal African Dictators? no, that's where he buys mercinaries to brutalize his own people.I agree that the US should not have been involved and must get out now, but this shows the need of an Arab League orginazation that could not just negotiate with falling dictators but actually use a Air fighting capability to enforce human rights in Arab Countries with out Western involvment and war profiteering.
Just what one would expect Zionist-Neocon warmongers to LIE about!
Well, Nato is now trying to help these rebels take Qaddafi's home town and stronghold of the Qaddafa tribe. They're bombing it and threatening it with a protracted siege so that these rebels can presumably sack the city and have their revenge. That's how you protect civilians! Nato after all did a splendid job of protecting Serbs in Kosovo.
There's this fiction being peddled about Qaddafi supposedly planning to execute tens of thousands of people in Benghazi because he said he'd show no mercy towards the gangs. How's this any different from anything the American military leaders say about an opposing force? That's where these farcical figures come from. Again, we are approaching the situation of the shoe being on the other foot so to speak. You can say that Qaddafi's people should be kept out of Benghazi because it's dominated by tribes that back the rebels, that imposing the government there would be bloody, but what about imposing rebel rule on the Qaddafas in Sirte? Nato is being very open in supporting a rebel takeover of Sirte and has began bombing to that end and promise a siege also. This promises to be the feared Benghazi scenario but in reverse and they're openly supporting the equivalent of Qaddafi grabbing Benghazi.
I think I could disagree with the main ideas. I won’t share it with my friends.. You should think of other ways to express your ideas. Automation Testing
They're bombing it and threatening it with a protracted siege so that these rebels can presumably sack the city and have their revenge. That's how you protect civilians! Nato after all did a splendid job of protecting Serbs in Kosovo.