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Well well well, all this sound familiar? :dohBy Sam Youngman - 03/22/11 10:23 AM ET
The White House suggested Tuesday the mission in Libya is one of regime change, despite emphatic statements from President Obama and military brass that the goal is not to remove Moammar Gadhafi from power.
According to a White House readout of a Monday night call between Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the two leaders "underscored their shared commitment to the goal of helping provide the Libyan people an opportunity to transform their country, by installing a democratic system that respects the people’s will."
Swear to God. If we put our troops in there, I'll be in the streets protesting. Unbelievable.
Not even boots. We shouldn't be bombing these places. It's not our problem, and I don't see why we need to sink the money into it. We've done this already, look at Iraq...didn't work out so well. We're obviously very bad at installing foreign governments and it more often then not comes back to bite us in the ass. Perhaps it's time to just stop. We do not need to be the world's police. It's expensive, it's not rewarding, and we don't get paid.
Did I hear "Regime Change"?
Are you saying you knew he was a liar? Or that his Disney world view was not possible?I'm so sick of this ****...but it's not like I didn't expect it.
Swear to God. If we put our troops in there, I'll be in the streets protesting. Unbelievable.
I'm curious as to why the anti-war crowd isn't already in the streets.
I supported the no-fly zone -- I guess without really understanding what that meant. I thought it meant if we catch any military planes in the air that we'd shoot them down. I didn't realize it meant bombing Daffy's compound and other military installations. Knowing that now, I think I'd have wanted to listen to DP'ers brainstorm what else might have been done instead. I strongly support the rebels and their mission to depose Daffy -- perhaps there was another way. Well. There was. But we don't do political assassinations.
Edit: Haven't seen DonaldSutherland. I wonder how he'd weigh in on what's happening...
I'm curious as to why the anti-war crowd isn't already in the streets.
I have a feeling people are still waiting to see how far it's going to go.
They're all busy in Wisconsin.
Wanna know the funny part?
The day we launched the airstrikes in Libya, the anti-war dorks were protesting the invasion of Iraq. :rofl
There were protestors in the street before we sent troops into Afghanistan. They didn't wait to see how far it was going to go.
I think it will be a sad day for the Leftists to discover that the war protests had more to do with who was president than they did about the war.
So far, this isn't equal to Iraq. Stopping the civilian killing is different than invading on a pretext. Now, if he means to install a democracy, he's making a similar mistake to what Bush made in Iraq. We do have to see where this goes.
Well considering a lot of "leftists" have criticized Obama for this move - I doubt that.
It's a war! :lamo
Are you saying you knew he was a liar? Or that his Disney world view was not possible?
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Where's Code Pink? Where are the protestors in the streets?
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