Pesky Brits and Frumpy Frogs..."What Obama?" by kaneman

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Pesky Brits and Frumpy Frogs..."What Obama?"

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UPDATED: Saturday, March 19, 2011 08:57
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Saturday, March 19, 2011 4:54 AM

"Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's meetings in Paris with the G8 foreign ministers on Monday left her European interlocutors with more questions than answers about the Obama administration's stance on intervention in Libya.

Inside the foreign ministers' meeting, a loud and contentious debate erupted about whether to move forward with stronger action to halt Col. Muammar al-Qaddafi's campaign against the Libyan rebels and the violence being perpetrated against civilians. Britain and France argued for immediate action while Germany and Russia opposed such a move, according to two European diplomats who were briefed on the meeting.

Clinton stayed out of the fray, repeating the administration's position that all options are on the table but not specifically endorsing any particular step. She also did not voice support for stronger action in the near term, such as a no-fly zone or military aid to the rebels, both diplomats said.

"The way the U.S. acted was to let the Germans and the Russians block everything, which announced for us an alignment with the Germans as far as we are concerned," one of the diplomats told The Cable.

Clinton's unwillingness to commit the United States to a specific position led many in the room to wonder exactly where the administration stood on the situation in Libya.

"Frankly we are just completely puzzled," the diplomat said. "We are wondering if this is a priority for the United States." -FP

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Saturday, March 19, 2011 5:23 AM

KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)

In other words, everybody is expecting US to do everything. The UN already passed a resolution endorsing pretty much any steps short of a ground invasion; why don't some of these other countries step up?

"Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservatives." - John Stuart Mill

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Saturday, March 19, 2011 8:57 AM

FREMDFIRMA

Again, they don't WANT our "help", and I don't blame them one bit, the last thing they need is some propped up dictator even worse than Ghadafi installed by us to loot their country and hand the largess over to us - given how many times we've done exactly that in the past they've every reason to mistrust us about this.

If the Libyans want to be free, truly free, then that means free of our chains as well, and so I say leave them to it.

-F

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