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In reply to the discussion: FLASH: U.S. Ambassador to Libya, 3 Other Embassy Staff Killed in Rocket Attack in Benghazi [View all]Mc Mike
(9,114 posts)Last edited Sun Sep 16, 2012, 09:09 AM - Edit history (1)
I couldn't muster up a serious hate for Ghadaffi, I let repugs like Raygun and bush handle the 'hate Moammar' job. But I didn't have to live under him. Still, something stunk about the strength and speedy success of the insurgency against him. We agree about the underlying dynamics, and questions about who the West put in charge over there.
I'd like to see Saudi Arabians and Kuwaitis (sp?) get rid of their 'incumbent' govs in an Arab Spring, but since our oil interests back them, it doesn't matter that they're run by repressive feudal fundamentalist fanatic monarchs. Ditto for the country to which Halliburton and Blackwater-Xe-Academi moved their headquarters, to avoid taxes, oversight, and indictments. Bahrain, Abu Dahbi, Dubai, U.A.E., Yemen, it's all a blur of bad actors that we don't really know, and our country's financial interests don't really mind. All stems back to carving up the Ottomans by the victors after WWI, and 'realignments' after WWII.
Prof. Maddow had the best take on the current situation, pointing out that Romney attacked our Embassy personnel, for their statement condemning anti-muslim propaganda, WHILE the SAME embassy personnel were under attack by the paramilitary forces that killed 4 of our people. He attacked the US while they were attacking the US. Unprecedented action from the 'loyal opposition'.
For a lame-brain pin-head with about 20 followers, the U-stash-i pastor from Florida and Germany sure wields an out-sized bull-horn in terms of international media coverage. Dissemination of his message was timed just right to allow a paramilitary force to attack using protest crowds as a smoke screen. So on the anniversary of 9-11, repugs can run on 'weak foreign policy'.
The same crowd that screamed 'How Dare You Politicize the 9-11 attacks' -- at critics of bush's natitonal security and foreign policy positions after the attacks -- now attacks our foreign policy personnel while an attack against them and our national security is in progress. They attack on the anniversary of 9-11, while Mr. Eichenwald's news of bush's 7 detailed pre-warnings about 9-11 attacks is getting increased media attention.
Romney Rove repug foreign policy.
(On edit, I'm wrong about Maddow's statement, because I thought our Libyan people issued the statement, but our Cairo people did. My third para could be misleading to someone, because our Egyptian personnel weren't hit by paramilitaries.)