This weekend, the Islamic State (ISIS) released a video of the horrific beheadings of 21 Coptic Christian workers seized in the town of Sirte in eastern Libya. This barbaric act was the latest in a series of such killings, including the beheading or immolation of hostages from the US, Britain, Japan and Jordan.
The latest ISIS atrocity has triggered predictable expressions of shock and anger by news anchors and editorialists in the United States, along with further massacres. Within hours of the release of the video, Egypt, led by US-backed dictator General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, launched a wave of air strikes killing 64 people, including seven civilians.
Washington and its political allies are politically and morally responsible for these atrocities. The Islamist beheadings in Libya are the product of a monumental crime: the 2011 NATO war in Libya to oust the regime of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi.
Just out of common sense, I'd have to say this is utter nonsense.
It's well known that the military actions in Libya to remove Gaddafi were primarily an initiative of the French, through NATO, and Obama on behalf of the United States was a reluctant dance partner, at best. Obama only grudgingly agreed to play along when it became apparent that NATO was going to go ahead without him.
Not everything bad in the world can be laid at the feet of the United States.
Just out of common sense, I'd have to say this is utter nonsense.
It's well known that the military actions in Libya to remove Gaddafi were primarily an initiative of the French, through NATO, and Obama on behalf of the United States was a reluctant dance partner, at best. Obama only grudgingly agreed to play along when it became apparent that NATO was going to go ahead without him.
Not everything bad in the world can be laid at the feet of the United States.
If the site were still active I could give you many posts of the right jumping on his ass for dragging his feet, suggesting France was doing the heavy lifting.
My question is what happened to his relationship with NATO and why? How did he lose them?
Until then NATO had stood for No Action Talk Only....with the exception of Kosovo perhaps.
You guys call Obama a socialist. So condemn him more than the source.
I don't know, but I think Obama's relative disengagement from the activities in Syria had European NATO partners concerned that if they waited on the US nothing would be done. Ukraine is another example where the US has basically been missing in action and the European NATO partners have taken the lead. In a vacuum of leadership, others will step up and take things on.
Last I checked...Gaddafi was a dictator, his people rose up against him, and he promised massive retribution against both rebels and civilian cities under control against the rebels. Whoever wrote that is a ****ing idiot.
Who funded Al Qaeda? Who were the main people involved in 9/11? Who bowed to the king?
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