President Obama has now sent secret CIA operatives into Libya to gather intelligence and make contact with the rebels. Meanwhile, the rebels are in full flight before Gadhafi’s heavily armed forces. The rebels are begging for arms to try to slow Gadhafi’s murderous advance. The there is speculation that within the Obama administration there is [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Gadhafi’
SHOULD OBAMA ARM THE REBELS?
March 31, 2011DID OBAMA BUNGLE LIBYA?
March 29, 2011What is as important as what Obama said last night in his speech is what he did not say. Obama did not explain why it was important to save unarmed civilians in Libya and not important to save unarmed vililians being shot down in Syria and Yemen. Obama did not explain why it was important [...]
SHOULD THE COALITION GO AFTER GADHAFI PERSONALLY?
March 22, 2011General Carter Ham. U.S. c ommander in Libya says air attacks are likely to taper off. He adds that he has no orders to capture, kill or oust Colonel Gadhafi. The US is on ly over Libya to protect civilians from Gadhafi’s guns. But wait a minute. President Obama says Gadhafi must go. So does Stephen Harper. [...]
SHOULD WE ABANDON THE LIBYANS?
March 12, 2011At his press conference yesterday, President Obama made it clear the United States would not join France and Britain in a fly-zone to stop the slaughter in Libya. France and Britain have made it clear they will not move without the United States. Meantime, the Libyan rebels are being shelled, strafed from the air and [...]
SHOULD THE MILITARY INTERVENE IN LIBYA?
March 3, 2011As we speak, Colonel Gadhafi is in his redoubt in Tripoli, strafing his enemies with machine guns and vowing to stay put until the last drop of blood, his and thousands of Libyans. Out side powers are now considering military intervention of some sort. The one most spoken about is a no-fly zone. This would [...]
