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Question, do you all agree or disagree with the fact that Obama hasnt called for Gadhafi to resign? -- nm

Posted by Jovian (aka Jovian) Feb 25 '11, 10:10

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I can't see what possible positive effect he could have. -- nm - Reagen Feb 25, 10:33
I have an inkling that in Obama's eyes, Iran is the prize here. He's (probably) already decided that he can't back up a call for Gadafi to resign with - Loyola Feb 25, 10:23 4
- How ironic that the foreign policy adventurerists of the last administration aren't in power right now. - Mel Profit Feb 25, 10:29 3
  - Be that as it may, those aligned with the Project for the New American Century are loving all this upheaval right now. - Loyola Feb 25, 10:40
  - Maybe Jesse Jackson will go over on his own and fix things. -- nm - loosilu Feb 25, 10:37
  - IM = at least three weeks behind. -- (link) - Roger More Feb 25, 10:32
i agree. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 25, 10:18
The less involved we are, the less we commit ourselves to either side, the better things will work out. - TWuG Feb 25, 10:16
either bin laden has done it or he hasn't, it's not an issue of agreement. -- nm - loosilu Feb 25, 10:15 4
- Bin laden? -- nm - mara Feb 25, 10:18 1
  - my contacts are screwed up! Obama, Osama, they're all the same! - loosilu Feb 25, 10:18
- oh, are you asking if we think he *should*? doesn't matter, IMO. -- nm - loosilu Feb 25, 10:17 1
  - *looks at the rest of this thread* Might as well. Jovian's post is clearly a Rorschach test. :) -- nm - con_carne Feb 25, 10:19
Yeah. I think it would only help G. "Look the infidels are against me! The enemy of your enemy..." -- nm - Dr.Vermin Feb 25, 10:15 2
- If you can't win the hearts of the people being machine-gunned....you're in the wrong business. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 25, 10:30
- but G likes obama -- nm - Beryllium Feb 25, 10:30
not sure what the point would be at this stage. Khadaffi is obviously a dead-ender and nothing on the ground is going to be affected by what Obama - moles Feb 25, 10:14 5
- I'd hope that the Nobel Peace Prize winner would speak about bringing peace to a violent location. - Will Hunting Feb 25, 10:17 4
  - Given the specific US/Libyan history, there -- nm - Reagen Feb 25, 10:34 2
    - 's no benefit for him here, and too much baggage. -- nm - Reagen Feb 25, 10:35 1
      - I don't see where Libya's a valuable member of the world (unlike Egypt)....and I believe in right and wrong - Will Hunting Feb 25, 10:51
  - yeah really, time to earn it. -- nm - loosilu Feb 25, 10:17
If he didn't need to resign last year, he doesn't need to resign now. He needs to stop the bloodshed and make things better for his country. - mara Feb 25, 10:14 2
- Pretty much the lowest bar you can set for a leader is...don't machine gun your own people. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 25, 10:16 1
  - wha? -- nm - Stalin Feb 25, 10:19
have any other world leaders called for it? -- nm - sycor Feb 25, 10:13 5
- Apparently Sarkozy did. -- (link) - loosilu Feb 25, 10:23 2
  - Who'd have guessed the French would be in favor of surrender. -- nm - TWuG Feb 25, 10:24 1
    - ha! -- nm - loosilu Feb 25, 10:25
- I think Imadinnerjacket suggested it, right? -- nm - Beryllium Feb 25, 10:14 1
  - I figure Imawaistcoat might have done it. -- nm - sycor Feb 25, 10:20
I would hope that DHS/CIA's intel is such that Obama's got more information than we do about what's really happening on the ground there. - Beryllium Feb 25, 10:12 2
- (However, if there are political reasons why it hasn't been called for yet - such as not wanting to piss of the libyan people .... - Beryllium Feb 25, 10:13 1
  - s/political/diplomatic/ -- nm - Beryllium Feb 25, 10:13
agree -- nm - con_carne Feb 25, 10:11

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