military action against Libya

Even Al Gore got a "Nobel peace prize" from that crew, as did several terrorists.

It's not that I have much good to say about Le Duc Tho of North Vietnam, who got that "peace" prize in 1973 jointly with Henry Kissinger, but I do have to say this: the Vietnamese man exhibited integrity unknowable to our local pest in turning down the prize - and its estimated $ one or half-million.

Republicans are now home-brewed terrorists who are destroying this country through their "NO" votes .... They won't even negotiate for solutions....

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Republicans are now home-brewed terrorists who are destroying this country through their "NO" votes .... They won't even negotiate for solutions....

Because there's no negotiating with the laws of arithmetic - as you know full well, being trained and very experienced in both accounting and finance. The Brown budget doesn't close the $27 billion gap, let alone the much larger actuarial hole of the contingent liabilities for those same pensions and benefits.

Republicans are now home-brewed terrorists who are destroying this country through their "NO" votes on many important issues for our country.

What democratic process are you talking about? Just because there's no violence?

The violence is against the American people who need our government to solve the many problems facing our country; and they are not

Under withering congressional probing and criticism of an ill-defined mission to aid a rebel force that officials know little about, Gates and Joint Chiefs chairman Adm. Mike Mullen sketched out a largely limited role for the U.S. military going forward, with Gates saying some other country could train the rebels trying to oust strongman Moammar Gadhafi.

“My view would be, if there is going to be that kind of assistance to the opposition, there are plenty of sources for it other than the United States,” said Gates. “Somebody else should do that.”

Asked by one lawmaker whether the U.S. involvement might inevitably mean “boots on the ground” in Libya, Gates replied, “Not as long as I am in this job.”

Asked by one lawmaker whether the U.S. involvement might inevitably mean “boots on the ground” in Libya, Gates replied, “Not as long as I am in this job.”

Another place might be Libya. Omar al-Mukhtar had left the Libyans with a legacy of jihad against the West and as such Libyans have featured prominently in jihad work ever since. Al-Gadhafi has filled the Libyan prisons with thousands of our mujahidin brothers.With turmoil in Libya, these brothers will have a chance to regroup again and connect with their brothers in the Maghreb.With the events in Tunisia,Libya and Algeria, the jihad in the Islamic Maghreb is witnessing a new dawn.

Then there are the great expectations of what wiII come out of the Arabian Peninsula when the revolts reach the shores of the Gulf. Does the West not realize that there are thousands and thousands of mujahidin in Saudi prisons and elsewhere in the Arabian Peninsula? Doesn't the West realize how thejihadi work would just take off as soon as the regimes of the Gulf start crumbling?

Peter Bergen believes that al Qaeda is viewing the events with glee and despair.Glee yes,but not despair.The mujahidin around the world are going through a moment of elation and I wonder whether the West is aware of the upsurge of mujahidin activity in Egypt, Tunisia,Libya,Yemen, Arabia,Algeria,and Morocco? Is the West aware of what is happening or are they asleep with drapes covering their eyes? Or is what is happening too much for the West to handle at the moment and they are just bidding for time while attempting to prop up some new stooges who would return the area to the prerevolution era?

America,since 9-11, has been focused on the fight with the mujahidin in Afghanistan,Pakistan,Iraq and now Yemen.lt has devoted its resources and intelligence for the "fight on terror':But with what is happening now in the Arab world, America would no doubt have to divert some of its attention to the unexpected avalanche that is burying its dear friends. America has depended on these men for the dirty work of protecting the American imperial interests.They acted as point men that saved America the effort of doing it themselves but now with their fall,America would have to divert huge amounts of effort and money to cultivate a new breed of collaborators.This would force America,which is already an exhausted empire,to spread itself thin,which in turn would be a great benefit for the mujahidin.Even without this wave of change in the Muslim world, the jihad movement was on the rise.With the new developments in the area, one can only expect that the great doors of oppor tunity would open up for the mujahidin all over the world.

Could you give me a place to look this up or is it still a state secret. I remember when Ike made the allies back down but cant find anything about what you stated. Yes I goggled it.

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Asked by one lawmaker whether the U.S. involvement might inevitably mean “boots on the ground” in Libya, Gates replied, “Not as long as I am in this job.”

WOW, that is a huge lack of respect for the Commander in Chief. I suspect that it is also intended to be a warning to Obama that going any further is going to cause huge problems for him with-in his own administration. We know that there has always been the Hillary people and the Anti Hillary people in the Obama Admin, Hillary won this decision but there are limits to what the anti Hillary people will stomach.