Now this sounds familiar. The United States has again launched a military campaign in an Arab nation to help the inhabitants and has unleashed growing criticism from other Arab countries. In the meantime, the United States and its allies have been denounced as crusaders and Nazis by those fighting with Gaddafi.
The Arab League issued a statement this weekend saying that they called for a no-fly zone over Libya but never called for actual attacks on the Capitol and other locations in Libya. Secretary-General Amr Moussa stated that “[w]hat is happening in Libya differs from the aim of imposing a no-fly zone, and what we want is the protection of civilians and not the bombardment of more civilians.”
This conflict has the look of a civil war and we are now taking out targets with both missiles and aircraft. In the meantime, the Administration is offering no explanation of why we are not bombing some of our authoritarian allies as protesters are repressed in Bahrain and other Arab countries aligned with the U.S.
China has now criticized the attacks so that we are again spending hundreds of millions of dollars while alienating regional countries and allowing China to play to these tensions. Putin has added his criticism — denouncing the attacks as crusader-like in a clear bid to win over the Arab street.
In the meantime, President Obama continue to literally burn money abroad as our leaders cut school budgets and other programs in the United States. I wonder how many elementary school teachers we could hire for 100 or so cruise missiles?
Source: Sky News found on Reddit.
I give up …
“In the meantime, President Obama continue to literally burn money abroad as our leaders cut school budgets and other programs in the United States. I wonder how many elementary school teachers we could hire for 100 or so cruise missiles?”
That would be approximately 1,663 teachers at $50,000 per year each.
And the great US of A wonders why they are being viewed by the rest of the world as a “cancer” Civilization FAIL folks. As a Canadian I see our Prime Minister has his nose so far up Obama’s ass that they look like Siamese twins. Both doing their best to make sure that all of North America has a target painted on it for that Arab extremists to aim for.
It is very hard for me to take the side of the Arab League on anything, but i have to agree with them here.
Why does America need to participate in another war? I know Libyan oil is a big temptation but I don’t think this would be the right time for the US to waste any money. The country is struggling to get out of a crisis; people have problems to find jobs. It is going to be a waste of American taxpayer money.
Bdaman,
As always, my best to your mother … what is the prognosis?
Here we go all over again.
US Army ‘kill team’ in Afghanistan posed for photos of murdered civilians
Commanders brace for backlash of anti-US sentiment that could be more damaging than after the Abu Ghraib scandal
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/21/us-army-kill-team-afghanistan-posed-pictures-murdered-civilians
Ok guys my moms be in the hospital for the last five days but they are letting her come home today. Got to get moving.
UPDATE 11:59 a.m. ET: After his picks went 29-3 the first two full days of the NCAA tournament, President Barack Obama wasn’t so fortunate on Saturday.
The president lost one of his Final Four picks when Pittsburgh, the No. 1 seed in the Southeast Regional, lost to eighth-seeded Butler.
President Barack Obama picked 29 of the 32 second-round NCAA tournament games correctly to rank 492nd out of nearly six million in ESPN’s tournament challenge.
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By Alex Wong, Getty Images
Obama also missed picking Wisconsin to reach the Sweet 16. The Badgers beat Obama’s pick, Kansas State, 70-65, in Tucson.
Including the loss of Louisville on Thursday, the president has seen three of his Sweet 16 picks go down.
My advice would be why don’t you organize a group of respected Americans and sit down and ask for a meeting with Gahdafi. You can’t order him to step down and get out. Who the hell do you think you are, that you can talk to a man who built a country over 42 years and ask him step down and get out. Can anybody ask you?
Those are strong words from minister.
bdaman I was doing pretty well on the first round too but yesterday some of my picks lost. What did Obama’s card do since you are following it?
Bdaman:
who would know, his files are sealed.
Bdaman:
cost of cruise missile =~ 600,000
100×600,000 = $60,000,000
Average Teachers Salary with benefits =~ $75,000/year
# of teachers = 800 teachers.
or we could build between 5 and 60 miles of road or 2 or 3 bridges or a waste water treatment plant. Or we could give the very rich an extra $150,000 per year so they can stimulate the economy. 🙂
Swathmore Mom he is good. 29-3 in the first round? His GPA must have been out of the ball park.
In the meantime, President Obama continue to literally burn money abroad as our leaders cut school budgets and other programs in the United States. I wonder how many elementary school teachers we could hire for 100 or so cruise missiles?
He’s to busy drilling for oil in Brazil for George Soro’s. Now they are letting the Brazilians drill in the GOMEX after he ran everybody off.
bdaman, Is that the new Breitbart strategy? I have noticed that they are consumed with Obama’s basketball card as you seem to be.
Cross posted from another thread. I think the minister has changed a few minds.
This is just incredible…
Just saw this on the ironic times web site & it is too good not to share here:
Clinton Tells Iran to Stop Meddling in Bahrain and Other Arab States
“If there’s any meddling to be done, it will be done by us.”
Gee, WHAT a surprise! Oh not the reaction of the Arab league, no the surprise is that any person of room temperature or above IQ would be surprised that this was the reaction. As long as the US acts like it is the policeman of the world other nations will gladly take advantage.
And what does this policeman status buy us? Well, other than hatred around the world that is. It does not get us oil, which is bought and sold on a world market as a commodity, nobody is getting more or less than what they pay for.