How is Obama's bow-and-scrape foreign policy working out for us?
U.S. Ambassador to Libya Killed in Rocket Attack: Should America Have Gotten Involved in Libya?
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Chris Stevens, who was the U.S. ambassador to Libya and an envoy during the revolution in the country, was killed, along with three others, in a rocket attack outside the American Consulate in Benghazi. U.S. officials have told The New York Times and CNN that the attack may have been planned by a group that "had either been waiting for an opportunity to exploit like the protests over the video or perhaps even generated the protests as a cover for their attack."
In a statement Wednesday morning condemning the attack, President Barack Obama referred to Stevens as "a courageous and exemplary representative of the United States." Stevens, 52, was the first U.S. ambassador killed in the line of duty since 1979.
NEWS.YAHOO.COM reports:
In a statement Wednesday morning condemning the attack, President Barack Obama referred to Stevens as "a courageous and exemplary representative of the United States." Stevens, 52, was the first U.S. ambassador killed in the line of duty since 1979.
NEWS.YAHOO.COM reports:
Chris Stevens, the U.S. ambassador to Libya killed along with three others in a rocket attack outside the American Consulate in Benghazi was "a courageous and exemplary representative of the United States," President Barack Obama said in his initial statement Wednesday condemning the attack.
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+37I think some people forgot we already went to war in Libya when Obama violated the war powers act and sent the Navy to install the Muslim Brotherhood and kill Qadafi without congressional approval.
How is Obama's bow-and-scrape foreign policy working out for us?
That said, I am also very concerned for the turn of events of radical extremist Muslims taking advantage of the situation.
I, too, am a citizen of a fake Muslim democracy, but most of us minority Christians are very much in favour of changing the government into a true democracy.
True Democracies are not good, you want a Constitutional Republic or something similar
I hope you feel that we shouldn't have gotten involved in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, etc either. And I hope you're all for cutting our ridiculously-sized military so we can pull troops from bases in Germany, Korea, and Japan among dozens of others.
We used to be a country that loved isolationism, but now we want to get involved in everything.
And not true about America not been relevant until world war 2.
America has done more than any other country in the world in its short 200 year history as compared to all the other nations that have been around for 2000 years.
It seems you do not know your history as well as you should.
You watch what would happen if America decided to isolate itself and let the "chips fall where they may"
At this time history no nation can simply ignore what is going on in other parts of the world as there are too many factors involved.
Or you could have been born in North Korea...a country that is run by people who loathe America and the American politicians and Americans in general and force their style of politics and dictatorship on all the citizens that have "No Choice"
That and to this day the "darling" of all immigrants around the world continues to be America as the premier choice as to "where" immigrants want to immigrate to...even all those radical muslims that everyone thinks hates America.. also want to immigrate to America
Why would that be????
Your focused far more so on Americas indiscreations while conveniently forgetting all the good that America has done in the last 200 years and will continue to do so far more so than other nations.
Do you really think the likes of China and Russia are going to lead the world better than America???
Too bad it sank with the Arizona at Pearl Harbor.
Our paying for the defense of Europe and elsewhere needs to end.
1991 - Islamic terr training camps in the US. They were in Somalia and haven't stopped attacking us.
1993 - WTC bombing.
1995 - Oklahoma City Bombing, 2 of Saddam's Republican Guards provided the brain work and expertise. McVeigh was an accessory.
I don't believe he sponsored the 1993 attack.
Besides, even if the latest attack he sponsored were in 1995 why did we wait nearly a decade (2003) to invade Iraq?
"The Third Terrorist". Jayna Davis.
This explains the connection to Saddam and the Oklahoma City bombing.
I am out of time and if you reply, I will finish my answer.
Obama reflects very heavily about his father, a muslim. Consequently Obama is partial to Islam and seems to be touting a social justice line where money is spread around and appeasing Islam to make the world a better place. Spreading the wealth around will just take money from America and give it to those with a sincere disdain for the American Dream as our founders fashioned it. And appeasing Islam has the same effect as playing with matches near a propare leak. When the wind blows in one direction things are calm, when it blows in the direction of the Muslim Brotherhood, Iran, Saudi Arabia, or Pakistan the world will experience a flair up again, and again, and again, and again. What U.S. diplomat is next to deal with this religion of Islam where love and hate are just the opposite sides of the same blade.
Obama believes Arab Spring is a good thing! How ...
Obama reflects very heavily about his father, a muslim. Consequently Obama is partial to Islam and seems to be touting a social justice line where money is spread around and appeasing Islam to make the world a better place. Spreading the wealth around will just take money from America and give it to those with a sincere disdain for the American Dream as our founders fashioned it. And appeasing Islam has the same effect as playing with matches near a propare leak. When the wind blows in one direction things are calm, when it blows in the direction of the Muslim Brotherhood, Iran, Saudi Arabia, or Pakistan the world will experience a flair up again, and again, and again, and again. What U.S. diplomat is next to deal with this religion of Islam where love and hate are just the opposite sides of the same blade.
Obama believes Arab Spring is a good thing! How is that working? The trouble is that Arab Spring is just a poetic name for "jihad"! If Obama scored high on in his mysterious studies at Occidental, Columbia or Harvard, he must have been scored on a bid bell curve. For future presidents, we must insist on verification of at least completing the fourth grade. Obama's grasp of foreign policy seems on par with Biden's grasp on reality!
The Arab Spring would be a good thing if we ended up with democracies that respect human rights in the Arab lands. We here in Malaysia are trying to do achieve that as well, after 55 years under the same "moderate Muslim" party since the British left.
We actually started our fight for democracy before the Arab Spring but since we're less dramatic than the Arabs, there's been much less world attention about what's happening here.
The main objection to the Shah was that he allowed Iranian women to dress and act like Western women. Libs have criticized the Shah for restricting freedom of religion and he did do that. The Shah did not force women to dress like a circus tent, stoning and flogging women for offenses against Sharia law was prohibited.
The late ambassador would not have wanted us to change. Stevens, an affable 52-year-old diplomat famed for his humility, integrity and willingness to listen, would not want us to help them, according to colleagues and friends.
Mark Ward, a senior USAID and State Department official who worked with Stevens in Libya, said his wishes would be clear. "He would say to the American people please don't turn your back on Libya," Ward said in an interview Wednesday. "They've been through 40 terrible years, they've just held elections and they've rejected extremism. This is absolutely not the time to let a couple of lunatics throw us off our resolve."
According to Ward, Stevens' message to Libyans would be to arrest the suspected perpetrators, provide them with defense lawyers and give them a fair trial. ''Do the right thing,'" Ward said of the way to honor Stevens. "If there is one thing life should stand for, let it stand for the rule of law."
Fred Abrahams, a senior advisor with ...
The late ambassador would not have wanted us to change. Stevens, an affable 52-year-old diplomat famed for his humility, integrity and willingness to listen, would not want us to help them, according to colleagues and friends.
Mark Ward, a senior USAID and State Department official who worked with Stevens in Libya, said his wishes would be clear. "He would say to the American people please don't turn your back on Libya," Ward said in an interview Wednesday. "They've been through 40 terrible years, they've just held elections and they've rejected extremism. This is absolutely not the time to let a couple of lunatics throw us off our resolve."
According to Ward, Stevens' message to Libyans would be to arrest the suspected perpetrators, provide them with defense lawyers and give them a fair trial. ''Do the right thing,'" Ward said of the way to honor Stevens. "If there is one thing life should stand for, let it stand for the rule of law."
Fred Abrahams, a senior advisor with Human Rights Watch who frequently met with Stevens while working in Libya, agreed. He said the ambassador wasn't naïve about the country's vast problems but saw Qaddafi's overthrow as historic opportunity to establish the rule of law Libyans yearned for after 42-years of chaotic Qaddafi rule.
"Just as the U.S. should not be blamed for the offensive film of a few deluded whackos, Libya should not be blamed for the unjustified violence of a few ignorant extremists," Abrahams said in an email Thursday. "And maybe this will spur the Libyan government to rein in the militias that have troubled Libya since Gaddafi's fall - Chris would have wanted that."
http://www.reuters.com/articl...
I am aware that Obama unilaterally ordered the US military to bomb Libyan govt buildings and their military.
If the CIA was in Libya, and I do mean if, Obama sent them there.
It was none of our business as you say, however, tell Obama that as we already know it.
It was none of our business as you say, however tell Congress to clean up their act and impeach Obama.