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2011-04-27 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

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Posted by ryuge 2011-04-27 11:19|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11129 views ] Top

#1 It's easy. The Golfer-in-Chief saw a chance to burn some more seed corn. Other than that, anything he actually hopes to accomplish in Libya is a secondary objective.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2011-04-27 11:39|| 2011-04-27 11:39|| Front Page Top

#2 Me too, Vlad.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2011-04-27 11:45|| 2011-04-27 11:45|| Front Page Top

#3 It isn't NATO, it is a UN Mission where NATO is supplying the neat for TV stuff, AQ has contributed ground forces, I think Pak has contributed barrage kites, some ME have contriubted air forces when they didn't get lost, I think Egypt has signaled it would sieze and protect the eastern oil fields. AU has an opinion, as well as the OAS. So it is a serving of a UN warrent, see, though I am not sure that is better than NATO acting unilaterally. I have heard good arguement that had NATO gotten involved on the offset and prevented Daffy consolidation and coordination this could have been done. Instead people waited around for a UN warrent and now we have our UN approved stalemate.

But if we are sitting around the ol chess board drinking vodka, I too am dumbfounded as why do anything for the UN to set its precident, fire off a bunch of missiles and fly about in a mission so serious our commander in chief jetted off to Rio and only came home after some petulant asked him a business question ruining his sightseeing vibes, and the EU bravely showing how impotent they would be.

But we get to see how ineffective a UN world would be and can say Ban-Ki Moon: War Criminal.

Posted by swksvolFF 2011-04-27 12:35|| 2011-04-27 12:35|| Front Page Top

#4 Huh. The Russians and the Chinese have the same opinion we do about Libya. Apparently Obumble is the great unifier!

Posted by DarthVader 2011-04-27 12:56|| 2011-04-27 12:56|| Front Page Top

#5 This one is the precedent so that dear, clever Samantha Powers can demand a brigade of American soldiers preemptively protect those poor Gazans from the eeeeebil aggressive Juices.

Posted by trailing wife 2011-04-27 13:34|| 2011-04-27 13:34|| Front Page Top

#6 Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin continued on Wednesday to criticize NATO military operations in Libya, saying that he was "dumb-founded" over how easy decisions are made to use force against countries.

Says the thug who sent several army corps into Georgia in 2008 & thoroughly bombed that country's capital and environs for weeks. Fuck Putin.

Posted by Mitch H. 2011-04-27 14:12|| http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/ 2011-04-27 14:12|| Front Page Top

#7 Never thought I'd agree with Pootie-Poot on anything.... :-(

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2011-04-27 14:43|| 2011-04-27 14:43|| Front Page Top

#8 Speaking of things Russian:
Libya: Fact and fiction

Posted by tipper 2011-04-27 14:50|| 2011-04-27 14:50|| Front Page Top

#9 Well, look what crawled out from under its rock.

Where ya' been hiding, just-ass?

And why don't you go back there?

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2011-04-27 14:54|| 2011-04-27 14:54|| Front Page Top

#10 Bad linky tipper.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2011-04-27 15:29|| 2011-04-27 15:29|| Front Page Top

#11 Justice dear, is your daddy flying over Libya or is he hiding under the bed in case the Juices decide not to protect Saudi Arabia from the Shiites?

Posted by trailing wife 2011-04-27 15:48|| 2011-04-27 15:48|| Front Page Top

#12 Oh, and Mrs. Davis is a man -- he's used a different nym for over half a decade. I realize the Saudi education system isn't all that your king would like it to be (that's why so many of you are sent abroad to finish up), but do try to keep up, dear boy.

Posted by trailing wife 2011-04-27 15:52|| 2011-04-27 15:52|| Front Page Top

#13 IIRC CNN > RUSSIA is again warning, this time as per SYRIA, that "outside interference" [read, US-NATO = UNSC NFZ?] could lead to CIVIL WAR there.

* PEOPLE'S DAILY FORUM > RUSSIA COULD SAVE QADDAFI FROM WESTERN POWERS.

Methinks once again that iff-n-when Uncle Muammar does choose to abdicate from ruling power in Libyuh, we know what Nation is at or near the top of his list to go.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-04-27 19:54|| 2011-04-27 19:54|| Front Page Top

#14 Justice is Gentle with a funny accent.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2011-04-27 20:26|| 2011-04-27 20:26|| Front Page Top

#15 yep. Same monobrow, same unhygienic interest in personal smells (projection, most likely - unfamiliar with bathing and soap), same interest in other wymyns' men, same unbranched family tree. I'd say: confused gay Saudi boy, feeling rejection and shame at consenting abuse by an Imam or Shiekh

Posted by Frank G 2011-04-27 22:14|| 2011-04-27 22:14|| Front Page Top

#16

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2011-04-27 22:49|| 2011-04-27 22:49|| Front Page Top

#17 In fact, Isfahan (Iran) has the largest juices population in the entire Middle-East"

First, let me say that I've noticed how much your English has improved since you started posting here. A+ for that.

Second, the fact that you think any women belong in the kitchen demonstrates that being able to write is completely separate from being able to think. Thinking is something you clearly aren't anywhere close to mastering. Not your fault, you are handicapped by your culture, which is strong in poetry and magic but weak in science and logic. However, if you want to compete in the great big world you are going to have to acquire those things even without being taught them in school. MIT has a free on-line course in Intro. Logic here. There are also science courses, but one thing at a time.

As for the other nonsense you spouted:

1. Rumours do fly swiftly in the Arab world. Some of them are true, some are not, very little is understood in context.

1.a. Gillette is a division of a world-wide company. Products available in America are available throughout the world, unless the local market is uninterested... although sometimes under a different name. I can't remember, for instance, whether the laundry detergent sold by Gillette's parent company in Saudi Arabia is Tide or Ariel, but it's the same product, optimized for local water and laundry conditions, as is available in the U.S., Europe, and South America.

2. Are you seriously arguing there are more Jews in Iran -- never mind Isfahan -- than there are in Israel? That's so sad I'm just going to leave researching the correct answer as a student exercise. You'll need to be able to do that if you're to compete in the big world where the answer isn't right just because a Saudi male said so.

Posted by trailing wife 2011-04-27 23:04|| 2011-04-27 23:04|| Front Page Top

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