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Bring Bush! Libyan freedom fighters cry for help.

Posted on Thursday, March 03, 2011 at 09:06 AM

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Libyans under assault from Qaddafis air force, cry for the decisive leadership of George Bush. They plead for a Bush style imposition of a "no fly zone", to save their lives from vicious air attacks.

Estimates now say the death toll in the Libyans citizens quest to free themselves from their terrorist dictator to be 6,000 dead. The wounded count is much higher too, now that the dictator has unleashed his modern air force to bomb the population at will.

In the meantime while this slaughter is occurring, the Obama administration seems to be slow to act, almost like foot dragging or is it is gauging which way the wind is blowing? Or is it something else?

Unlike Egypt an ally of the US, where Obama called for the President of Egypt to step down almost immediately, Obama waited many days before even mentioning the dictator/terrorist Qaddafis name, even then in an oblique fashion.

Qaddafi is responsible for the murder of countless Americans in terrorist attacks throughout the world and should be tried in an international court for crimes against humanity. He has brutally suppressed his people for decades and bankrolled terrorist groups. So why the reticence from the President to even mention this thugs name?

Could it be that there is a connection between Obamas associates and Qaddafi that goes back years? Hugo Chavez, the dictator of Venezuela has stood solidly behind his friend the dictator of Libya and has offered an out for his friend Qaddafi. It has been noted that Obamas hope and change thing has resulted in a much less confrontational approach with the Chavez regime. To illustrate this, the US proactively sided against the will and constitution of the freedom loving people of Honduras. The US state Department ordered sanctions against Honduras after they ousted their wannabe dictator and close Chavez friend, after he attempted to establish himself as "el presidente for life".

There is also that solid relationship between Obamas pastor and mentor of many years, the Reverend Jeremiah Wright and Qaddafi. The Reverend Wright and the Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan made a sojourn from Chicago to Libya to forge a relationship with the Libyan dictator. They have been heard to sing the praises of Moammar Qaddafi in the intervening years, is there a special, sister city, Chicago-Tripoli relationship?

Perhaps it is time for decisive action and the possible appointment of special envoys to meet with the besieged dictator and an offer of sanctuary, in order to end the bloodshed in Libya. It wouldn't be unprecedented, the Reverend Jesse Jackson, also a product of Chicago, has been used as an unofficial ambassador over the years to attempt negotiations in terrorist situations in distant parts of the world.

Could it be time for boldness and decisiveness on the the Presidents part to use his secret diplomatic weapon and unleash his longtime pastor, Jeremiah Wright? Perhaps the Reverend Wright can reach out to his close friend Qaddafi to convince him to end the bloodshed?

Editors note 3/21/11 Seems Minister Louis Farakhan of the Nation of Islam has been reading this column. Yesterday he urged President Obama to send a delegation of highly respected Americans to Libya to talk to the ruler. Wonder who he thinks should be in the delegation?

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GeorgeDillon | Mar 22, 2011, 04:45 PM EDT

"Bring Bush"??? Not likely. Bush was one of the great chickenhawks when it came to military service. Theres's no way he would have agreed to go to Libya in a combat situation. Ditto for his henchmen--Cheney etc.--they all avoided the military, and had --what was the phrase--"other interests" when it came to military service time. And they made sure that their sons (their daughters too) kept safely away from military service. They're all chickenhawks.

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whiteycat | Mar 14, 2011, 10:39 AM EDT

It is a good thing that the pres. struggles with hard decisions. BUT he does not make decisions in a vacumn. He has help (thank God. So tell me again why it takes so long for one decision and a short time for another same story.

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seanomelbourne | Mar 09, 2011, 05:34 PM EST

No I did not overlook the what a section of the crowd did to the American reporter.It is not relevant to the present discussion.Mman you seem to dwell on minutiae.

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seanomelbourne | Mar 09, 2011, 12:33 PM EST

Lad? Did you happen to overlook the western reporters who were severely beaten and the poor CBS correspondent who was gang raped by the Jew shouting crowd...while the Egyptian Army looked on? Just wondering.

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seanomelbourne | Mar 08, 2011, 07:32 PM EST

Mman! The Egyptian people had the army to protect them no need to pull US citizens out of Egypt he was vocal in condemning the excesses of the Iranian regime.You expect the impossible from Obama he must jump bigger hoops than Bush.Regarding the lies in Farnan's article I made my point of his lying by omission Which you choose to ignore.

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Monsoonman | Mar 08, 2011, 11:54 AM EST

This just in a few minutes ago from Reuters: "Pro-Gaddafi forces using tanks, aircraft to attack Libyan rebel-held town of Zawiyah, resident tells Reuters" Sounds to me as if Ghadaffi might win this one by genocide....Kind of like Rwanda but on steroids, instead of machetes modern weapons. Genocide is much more neat, tidy and orderly that way.

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Monsoonman | Mar 08, 2011, 11:26 AM EST

Lad: All I see are facts stated in the article, you haven't been able to show otherwise, except express your opinion. There is a possibility that obama was silent because of US citizens presence for a while, but it didn't stop him from demanding Mubarracks ouster in Egypt and the subsequent beatings and gang rapings of western reporters in Egypt....But that still doesn't excuse his reluctance to halt the slaughter of the Libyan people by khadaffis air force. Nor does it excuse his ignoring of the Iranian people when they took to the streets to try to topple their repressive regime.

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seanomelbourne | Mar 08, 2011, 01:50 AM EST

Mman Farnan is playing the "Fox trick" linking Obama by proxy or deceit to Qaddafi. Obama was silent for about a week to protect U.S. citizens in Libya even some Fox reporters understand his reasoning,But not Ed he has to pedal his cynical and mischeivous bs.deceit = lie, even if it a lie by omission.

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Monsoonman | Mar 08, 2011, 12:56 AM EST

Lad, I came back expecting to see 6 monosyllabic answers to my questions and find a tome(irishcentral style) on international diplomacy instead..But you failed to show one fib in the article. Jeremiah wright and Louis Farrakhan have and had a much deeper relationship with khadaffi than just a photo op.

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seanomelbourne | Mar 07, 2011, 11:57 PM EST

Mman I sat at a Xmas dinner(next to an American consular official) at the British embassy club in Tripoli.Should all people present at that dinner be guilty by association,based on the fact that they were in Libya.This is what your friend Ed is alleging.Many high profile politicians have shaken hands with Qaddafi.People go to synagogues in Israel where Rabbi's like Yussef preach death and destruction."Honduras and Nicaragua" and "Ollie the terrorist North" giving money to Iranian Mullahs to buy guns to murder women and children and usurp democratically elected governments in central America. Oh! the hypocrisy of it all

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seanomelbourne | Mar 07, 2011, 07:23 PM EST

Lad? Where is the lie in the article? Yes or no answers please 1. Are many getting killed in Libya by the airforce? 2. Wasn't it 11 days before obama even mentioned g k adaffis name? 3..Isn't the Reverend Wright, Obamas pastor of 20 years, married him and Michelle all the while Wright has close ties with g k adaffi? 4. Didn't obamas state department penalize Honduras for removing their leftist dicator wanna be...they did it constitutionally? 5. Isn't Louis Farrakhan and Jesse Jackson from chicago? 6. Aren't you from the land down under? So where did Mrs. Farnan lie?

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seanomelbourne | Mar 07, 2011, 06:07 PM EST

MrFarnan should pedal his lies on Fox where the truth is not "politically correct".

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Monsoonman | Mar 07, 2011, 11:53 AM EST

Oh? Only get heavily redacted version 2.4 news, so everything we need to hear has a nice fuzzy glow to it? Anything upsetting to the left has been filtered out? Probably should exhume Mr. Goebbels from his resting place and clone him so he can read "all the news we need to know"....Hey that sounds familiar! That's what our very own German broadcaster, Uncle Walter Cronkhite used to say after his daily propa..oops news briefs....Gee we miss Uncle Walter don't we?

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lapurrmeow | Mar 07, 2011, 11:13 AM EST

Hey Ed! I subscribe to Irish Times to read about things pertaining to Ireland, not Teabagging, anti-Obama, Faux News Comedy Channel propaganda.

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Monsoonman | Mar 06, 2011, 02:51 PM EST

An earlier post nailed it by 2BorNot2B, lets get reimbursed by the oil producers for our efforts in the middle east. They should be tithing 25% of their profits to US. Also Korea, Japan and Europe can throw some yen/yuros into the pot too..and especially Australia needs to kick up some gelt! But in the meantime America NEEDS to be energy independent. Drill here, drill now baby! More coal production,more nuclear plants & more hydro electric dams. You want electric cars? Ya gotta have electricity ya ninnies!.

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