NBC Reporter: You Know Who Must Have Liked Obama’s Libya Speech? Gaddafi
**Written by Doug Powers
According to NBC’s Jim Maceda, who is in Libya, President Obama’s speech last night probably has Gaddafi and his regime shaking in their boots… because they’re so thrilled.
Transcript from Newsbusters:
JIM MACEDA: Well, there hasn’t been any official comment, Willie, from Gaddafi or from the regime or from the compound, yet. I can tell you that the whole, the atmospherics here of the government officials and minders is very different. They had gone to ground for a number of days: very quiet, very tense. They’re looking much more themselves: much more bellicose, much more defiant in the past 24 hours. I would think, it’s an educated guess but I would say that Gaddafi, after hearing that speech, of course it wasn’t on Libyan TV but anyone with satellite television could have watched it, that the regime now is feeling a lot better. That they’re feeling that they dodged a bullet. If NATO’s taking over, they like that. They’ve got much better relations with NATO than with the United States in general. And they love the idea that the US position as stated by Obama is that they’re not looking for regime change.
To paraphrase history a little, the tone of Obama’s kinetic military action speech fell somewhere in between “Mr. Gorbachev, paint this wall” and “all real Americans love the sting of a UN-approved coalition.” But others thought the speech was magnificently Kennedy-esque. Which was it? Only one thing is certain: The Obama administration made sure the speech was over in time for Dancing with the Stars (just like JFK, who timed his Bay of Pigs speech so it was finished in time for Gunsmoke). Attacking another country is one thing, but preventing people from watching Kirstie Alley do the Cha Cha could cost votes next year. Crisis averted.
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Gaddafi: Ooh, I do likes me some “Dancing with the stars”!
Well gaddafi did call bho ‘our son’ and guess family members stick together?
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Sad but true… Most of MSM will go ORGASMIC over the BHO words… I can feel the tingle as we speak… What a shame that this empty suit always seems to get a pass from the very media that was known to crucify GWB and the beloved RON REAGAN… No wonder newspapers and TV news are in the crapper… All I can say is thank heavens for the INTERNET… At least we can pick from a variety of news sources, and as intelligent individuals pick the right course for OUR GREAT COUNTRY… C’mon 2012!!!
Oil IS thicker than blood!
And this is why they want to restrict it ASAP.
Nothing has changed with the leftists, still the party of Slavery and Suppression.
Has there ever been a more incoherent US policy? Air cover for Al Qeada, no regime change for a regime that the Resident says must go.
Terrorists don’t even need bombs or guns to terrorize this country and send it into panic and hysterics. No, really. All they have to do is find a way to shut off Cable.
America’s obsession with TV is beyond sickening.
We have no reason to be in Lybia. It is a civil war. Why are we picking sides? Get out now.
The only thing Gaddafi is afraid of is that Obama might button Gaddafi’s suit coat for him.
BO owns this war, err… “kinetic military action” now.
No more W’s fault.
What’s ironic in this quagmire is that, I believe BO and his advisers knew they would have been questioned if they would have led the military action in Libya. They ended up stalling so much that France made the had to make the first move in denouncing Gaddafi.
The stalling seems like it was stretched out, in order to take military action, coincidentally while congress was in recess. (IMO, to avoid answering the questions we are all asking now). Then after the decision was made, BO wrote a cowardly little note stating what he had done.
Now he’s in a little pickle. He should grow some b*lls, this BO.
But such is life, what did people expect when they voted for a community organizer?
Even the Onion could never think this up. The Sock Puppet general, even the people of Grand Fenwick can see through this joke.
You really want immediate public panic and hysterics – knock out merchant points of sales, atms, cell phones, and everything else relying on electronic communication (which is…everything). Doing that will significantly disrupt every major, most minor and some smaller metropolitan areas.
Schwew! Close one. Libs? Meet the downside of having elected a “media savvy” President.
I’ll agree w/ JonB, our infatuation w/ TV is more than a little distressing but.., it is ‘our’ TV-set and we should be allowed a few hours of Obama-Free TV out of the 24? Cheryl Burke was fabulous last night btw. So Mrs. Will tells me?
He’ll only “own” this war if its outcome is favorable to him. Our Narcissist in Chief will always find someone else to blame for failure.
Now it’s NATO’s fault. Never Obama’s fault.
Well said, and so true.
And a complete collapse of our society. Think back to how quickly N.O. collapsed into anarchy after Katrina. Picture most major cities in the U.S. doing that all at once.
Note to self, stock up more food, reload more ammo.
Hawkeye: Given that people couldn’t use their debit/credit cards at the cash register or at a gas pump, ATM’s wouldn’t work and checks couldn’t be verified, our economy ACROSS the country would grind to a VERY quick halt! You would have to pay cash, IF you could get your hands on some.
Flyover America would likely get by because people would shake hands and agree to settle things once everything got back to normal.
Hey! In the picture, is that Oprah behind Gadaffi?
Evening network shows are post-broadcasted here in Hawaii due to the time difference.
The TOTUS pre-empted Michael Savage and Sean Hannity on my drive home. DAMN!
Remember. Obama and Qadaffi are brothers..
Maybe Dear Leader favors an outcome where the Muslim Brotherhood in Libya takes control (as it appears to be poised to do in Egypt) if Moammar Gadhafi is removed from power.
Another step closer to a new Islamic Empire stretching across North Africa to the Middle East.
If a tomahawk or smartbomb ACCIDENTALLY kills Gaddafi, does that qualify as acceptable collateral damage or is a courts-martial called for?
Will NATO members prosecute our military members, or do we have to?
His speech last night was the first bread crumb placed, so when the outcome does become unfavorable, he can always spin it as, something along the lines of, “Well, um, we only helped, we didn’t lead it, blah blah blah”. Such a coward.
The one war he starts, and the response is “the regime now is feeling a lot better. That they’re feeling that they dodged a bullet.”
I’m already seeing inklings of that here in Oregon. A week ago I went to top the car off and the local conv. store/gas station told me if I used my debit card I’d have to pay a dime a gal. more. True story.
Even in the best of times, it makes sense to be prepared. What we don’t talk about near enough though is having a Family Plan, a designated rallying point and how to communicate effectively. I’d really like to get the 35 mile range Motorola talkies. Make sense even if it’s just a pwr outage.
According to Hawaii Governor Abercrombie, Qadaffi has never been to Indonesia.
But Hawaii does have a COLB for Qadaffi. Ask Boehner….
and by “start” I mean dropping 110 Tomahawk missiles.
IF everything got back to normal. I’d much rather be in Flyover America than in the middle of any of our major cities if such an event occurred.
I know a lot of us are thinking it but, With General Dear Leader waving one hand and pointing over there, whats this Sock Puppet doing in the direction everyone is not looking? This failure and cosmic joke of a leader, used loosely, is deflecting again but to what end this time.
This is the problem when typing on this subject. haha!
Paint this wall! I love it Doug! In fact, I peed a bit!
I say they should have a mutual cease-fire, and divide the country between the rebels and Qaddafi.
One country could by Libya Majora, and the other one Libya Minora.
I couldn’t bear to watch last night but every time I hear him speak him he comes across as Scooby Doo-esqu to me
AND get an amateur radio license. While “35 mile range” Motorola radios might work over that distance while standing on two mountain peaks, they won’t do anything like that under “normal” conditions. Still…it’s better than nothing. Even in tech savvy Japan, the cell system went out IMMEDIATELY leaving only internet devices able to communicate.
When Obama finally gets to meet Gaddafi I’m sure he’ll bow to him like he did all of the other middle-eastern leaders he has meet.
Hangfire#33,
Oh dear, you do have a way with words!
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You know, that’s been a complaint of The Left for a long time. Here we’re in good company but MW’ers bartering skills are a facet of Flyover Life they want to delve into deeper.
Of course there’s no WAY most of them would be caught dead there ( but they know something is going ‘on’ and they want to get to the Bottom of it!? )
hawkeye54 #23 , my thoughts exactly, I think obowmao wants the muslim brotherhood in power for his one world government. ( of course with him as king of the world )
Count it.
…after noticing the limp wrist, MG went back home and started acting up again, kinda like right before Reagan bombed him.
Bartering skills may prove quite useful in the times to come. Being well stocked in provisions and tradable commodities will probably be more useful than cash in a lengthy nationwide catastrophe.
LOL. If the one world government came to be, only in his dreams would Dear Leader be “King” of the world. He’d be lucky to remain the sock puppet prince of the North American Caliphate.
Drats. Did it go to waste?
He would be lucky to keep his head.
FUBAR total and complete FUBAR….
Hawkeye, the spare bedroom and a place at the dinner table are always waiting for you.
Key is under the doormat.
Then there were to two counterfitters who mistakenly made $18.00 bills. Since they were driving through rural Flyover Country they though they could pawn them off on the local hicks.
So upon entering a store, one of the perps asked the clerk, “Excuse me, but can I get change for this?”
The clerk took the bill, smiled and said, “Sure, would you like two $9′s or three $6′s.”
Wonderfully descriptive post.
heh heh heh heh heh, roobie roobie roooo!
If there was a like button I’d click it ^^
The UK Telegraph decided to give Obama’s speech last night a run at the facts. The last one is particularly interesting considering they went back to his book “Dreams from my Father” to show his duplicity.
This is the kind of fraud you can commit when the MSM is in your back pocket.
This is a must read:
OBAMA: “Our most effective alliance, Nato, has taken command of the enforcement of the arms embargo and no-fly zone. … In that effort, the United States will play a supporting role.”
THE FACTS: The US is, and always has been, the pre-eminent player in Nato. The United States supplies 22 per cent of NATO’S budget, almost as much as the next largest contributors – Britain and France – combined. A Canadian three-star general was selected to be in charge of all Nato operations in Libya. His boss, the commander of NATO’S Allied Joint Force Command Naples, is an American admiral, and the admiral’s boss is the supreme allied Commander Europe, a post always held by an American.
***
OBAMA: “Our military mission is narrowly focused on saving lives.”
THE FACTS: Even as the US steps back as the nominal leader, the scope of the mission appears to be expanding and the end game remains unclear. Despite insistences that the operation is only to protect civilians, US officials admit air strikes now are undeniably helping the rebels to advance. “Clearly they’re achieving a benefit from the actions that we’re taking,” Vice-Admiral William Gortney, staff director for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Monday. Mr Obama said the US would “pursue the broader goal of a Libya that belongs not to a dictator, but to its people,” but spoke of achieving that through diplomacy and political pressure, not force of US arms.
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OBAMA: Seeking to justify military intervention, the president said the U.S. has “an important strategic interest in preventing Gaddafi from overrunning those who oppose him. A massacre would have driven thousands of additional refugees across Libya’s borders, putting enormous strains on the peaceful – yet fragile – transitions in Egypt and Tunisia.”
THE FACTS: This may be true, but Mr Obama did not wait to make that case to Congress. In the past, he has insisted statements that presidents should get congressional authorisation before taking the country to war, absent a threat to the nation that cannot wait. “The president does not have the power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorise a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation,” he told The Boston Globe in 2007 during his presidential campaign.
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OBAMA: “And tonight, I can report that we have stopped Gadhafi’s deadly advance.”
THE FACTS: The weeklong international barrage has disabled Libya’s air defences, communications networks and supply chains, but US military officials say Mr Gaddafi’s ground forces remain a potent threat to the rebels and civilians. General Carter Ham, the top American officer overseeing the mission, told The New York Times on Monday that “the regime still overmatches opposition forces militarily. The regime possesses the capability to roll them back very quickly. Coalition air power is the major reason that has not happened.” Only small numbers of Gaddafi’s troops have defected to the opposition, Gen Ham said.
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OBAMA: “Some nations may be able to turn a blind eye to atrocities in other countries. The United States of America is different. And, as president, I refused to wait for the images of slaughter and mass graves before taking action.”
THE FACTS: In his book The Audacity of Hope, Mr Obama asked, “Why invade Iraq and not North Korea or Burma? Why intervene in Bosnia and not Darfur?” Mass violence against civilians has been escalating in several nations, notably the Cote d’Ivoire, but no US intervention is expected there. More than 1 million people have fled the Ivory Coast, where the UN says forces loyal to the incumbent leader, Laurent Gbagbo, have used heavy weapons against the population. More than 460 killings have been confirmed of supporters of the internationally recognised president, Alassane Ouattara. The Obama administration says Mr Gbagbo and Mr Gadhafi have both lost their legitimacy to rule. But only one is under attack from the US.
http://www.therightscoop.com/fact-checking-obamas-libya-speech/
This Libyan affair has answered Hillary’s question for me, Who do you want answering that 3 am phone call? Neither one of them.
Slightly OT, I’d rather bomb the entire Middle East (excepting Israel, of course) to the Stone Age, but to some of them living there, that would probably be an improvement.
Yes and of 300+ cruise missiles launched into libya, 300 were US and 9 were from other countries.
Of 700 sorties flown, 400 were American and 300 were all the other countries combined.
How much combat is done in Afghanistan and Iraq by other countries compared to the US?
How did that Bosnia thing work out NATO? Good thing we were there to pull your behinds out of the fire. The bad ol USA came to the rescue again.
Yes, That NATO alliance is working great. Thanks to
usU.S.I have found this list very useful in setting basic priorities for comfort and basic safety. Author notes that after 6 mos. in Bosnia you’d have traded a gold brick for a roll of toilet paper! ( So much for ‘precious’ metals huh? )
http://www.thepowerhour.com/news/items_disappearfirst.htm
My original point where bartering was concerned is that the Left Coast has legions of Professional Flyover Critics that -know- you guys are “doing everything under the table” ( so as to avoid taxation! )
That an atty. provides legal counsel in exchange for getting his fence repaired. That auto mechanics do tune-ups in exchange for plumbing work. How else to explain surviving on wages & salaries that low!? This is a stereotype they’ve been working off of for years.
Fact:
1. US Nuclear submarine has reactor plant problem, can only operate single loop system and one main engine, with entire ship on minimal electrical power for 110 days:
Stays at sea.
2. US frigate runs aground on uncharted seamount, flooding secured by patching hull, drain pumps running continuously, speed limited to 12 knots:
Stays at sea
3. US Nuclear submarine has surface ship collide with snorkel mast, lower level machinery room and stores flood, water pumped out, 80% ship’s toilet paper drenched/destroyed:
Surface, radio for help, return to port.
No need for prosecution of one, or more, of our valuable service members. It was an accident. Just ask Barry Soetoro!
OT:
Well, there’s 15 minutes left of Glenn Beck’s show, but I’ve had enough of him.
I keep giving him the benefit of the doubt, and he keeps letting me down.
I’ve said before what my position with regard to Vietnam Vets is.
During that war, the media “found” story after story of atrocities committed by our troops. Accusations of drug abuse, cowardice, and so on. Turned out, in the vast majority of cases the stories were apocryphal.
Now, this Rolling Stone article comes out with its pictures, and Glenn Beck is calling the accused soldiers, “Scumbags”.
We have no context for the pictures, and only the alleged testimony of a plea-bargainer against his fellows.
Perhaps in 6 months or 60 years the truth of what happened may come out. But, unlike 40 years ago, this time I side with our troops.
I didn’t see what was so terrible about Abhu Graib, I don’t see what’s so terrible about this. Bad things happen in war. So long as they happen to the enemy and not Americans, I don’t have a problem.
The “scumbag” is the two-faced Glenn Beck, who on the one hand proclaims his support of our troops, and then turns around and presumes their guilt in alleged atrocities.
Beck is useful when he puts out information backing up what I knew years ago (just today he’s figured out that… gasp… the rebels in Libya are pretty much what Gadhafi said they were… al Qaida). But, when he gets the itch to preach, he’s more worthless than a boil on a piece of dog feces.
I wish I had some way of actually speaking to Glenn Beck, because I think if he had this explained to him, there’s a 3% chance he’ll realize he’s in the wrong.
But, as I can’t… screw him.
Hell, with all the I’s in hois speach – you would think the Sock Puppet is a country of one but hey – further adventures of the Sock Puppet:
The president on Tuesday emerged from the Puppet Bunker and whetted his appetite for energy saving innovations, checking out a bamboo bicycle, one of several projects featured in the final round of the New York City Science and Engineering Fair. He tells students: “There’s going to be a great demand for people with the skills you’re developing.”
Ok, now we know why testing for schools should be made simpler. The wave of the Future in Green – Bamboo -
Lol. You know, I have a -lot- of Bearish friends. Guys that think “the whole financial system is gonna’ come crashing down man!”. Who knows, maybe they’re right?
Regardless of where you fit in the spectrum, I think there’s a powerful consensus we’ll be facing hyper-inflation. A matter of when, not ‘if’. So whether you’re “long the market” raging Bull, or digging a fallout shelter, doesn’t it just make sense to stock up on the durable items while you can?
I recall the Y2K scare and it was pretty embarrassing. But I don’t believe what we’re confronting is as simple as moving a digit over one place setting? If only it ‘were’?
FIFY
Hiraghm,
Hot Air is reporting Michael Yon’s report that rips apart the Rolling Stone article.
Funny you’d mention that. Just checking Craigslist in Libya:
For Sale: One ( slightly charred ) 1/2 Ton Pick-up Truck. Anti-aircraft gun mounting tripod still in great shape. Some smoldering on dash. Tires have stopped smoldering. Only lightly used. Low miles. ( I think it used to be white? )
Or will trade for one-way ticket outta’ here!? Call Ahmed. Quick!
You’re too kind. Don’t be surprised if Mrs. Hawkeye and I show up
Marshall_Will said:
Maybe I can get a grant from the Feds to bring it over here and call it the new WTF Art Form. Call it- High and Low Velocity Cylindrically/Squared forms Merge, that should be good for a few bucks.
Damn Son! Why didn’t ‘I’ think of that? I stopped at home for lunch and saw the latest footage. What with all the makeshift weaponry chugging down the road like they were having some “great adventure” ( it just struck me as a bunch of guys that saw MadMax one too many times? )
Surrounded by strong females who seem to affect great influence over his decisions, I can’t help but think that “Hail to the Chief” is being replaced by his new theme tune…
“I am woman, hear me roar!”
I understand his trousers are custom made for him; flat fronted, no pleats, and no “hang” allowance. What’s next for this summer’s golf outings? Man capris?
What is the correct spelling for Osama’s organization?
Not ACORN, Osama, not Obama…
Islam?
Ok, I know you mean Al Qaeda, which means “The Base” in Arabic.
Thanks, it’s good manners to spell allies names right. Wait, weren’t they….???
Virginia Patriot,
I heard something the other day I think you may find interesting. John Bolton says he is still in consideration of a 2012 run. And you got to love Trump busting out his birth certificate.
There is non RNC hope.
Mrs. Flyover and I will be looking forward to it. So will the dog. The cats will just be indignant….
I don’t care if every kill photographed by those kill teams was a righteous kill or not. Photographing their kills was beyond stupid and if I could not courtmartial them I would see to it that their careers were over.
They may be good shots, but they don’t measure up.
An alternative is collecting scalps.
Yep, and inexcusable. All these idiots did is recruit ten Taliban for every person they killed.
“Some people commented that our Soldiers used excessive force by firing too many bullets.” (in regards to the shooting of some Taliban on a motocycle speeding toward them with a weapon raised)
Guh-guh-guh-WHAT?! Somebody please tell me I only hallucinated that. Holy Jebediah, maybe they should have also applied for a warrant before opening fire.
They were merely following one of “Murphy’s Laws of Combat.”
“When in doubt, empty your magazine.”
Damn-I thought you meant Patrick Kennedy or the other drunken Kennedy. But then Obama is the Last Dead Kennedy or such.
I dont even watch this clown’s speeches anymore.
And made 20 more re-enlist.
Stupid is as stupid does.
You could try calling him at 800.727.BECK during his airtime on his national radio talk show.
Or you could try emailing him at me (@) glennbeck.com.
Or you could contact him on his facebook page.
Or you could contact him via his twitter account.
He’s not exactly Howard Hughes.
OK,
Good news. I hope we can get a good candidate.
Dear European Union,
I Omar have devised a plan where we lower the prices of our oil for 1 (one) year and tomorrow you declare victory and go home.
In Cheap Oil Love,
Omar (your Bro)
Actually I have met Glenn Beck.
I was in seat A14, section C.
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If Europe is a Union we need a lockout.
Now this little war that isn’t IS about oil! Too bad it is being fought by Americans, paid for by Americans, with the oil going to Europeans.
Actually, as Yon pointed out, emptying your magazine isn’t such a good idea either. You definitely want to conserve ammo. But that doesn’t mean this is some kind of injustice to the enemy.
Actually, I called his show once when he was going badly wrong about illegal alien labor. I even got through. Only to be told that the show was on tape delay and that topic was like an hour old.
“Officer, why did you shoot that man 11 times?”
“I ran out of ammo”.
Why did it matter if they photographed the kills or not? The photographs (or better, video) might well provide valuable intelligence and or training material.
Personally, I don’t care if they videoed each other engaging in anal intercourse with the dead (or not quite dead) bodies of the enemy. This isn’t some medieval conflict between European condottieri. The Laws of War, as practiced back then, don’t apply, particularly since the enemy is barbarians who were never trained in European niceties.
Granted, had they engaged in what I describe, I’d expect them to be chastised for wasting time and energy in a potential combat situation.
My only response is, “You don’t want this to happen to your or yours? Don’t annoy the U.S.”
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy, and good with ketchup – source unknown
(and yes, the necrophilia reference was just for Stacy
)