Obama Yesterday: Gaddafi Must Go… Obama Today: Gaddafi Can Stay (Video)
Posted by Jim Hoft on Tuesday, March 22, 2011, 7:36 PM
On Monday Barack Obama told reporters in Chile that Gaddafi needs to go.
But, that was yesterday.
Today Barack Obama told reporters that Gaddafi can stay.
Politico 44 reported:
President Obama indicated on Tuesday that Muammar Qadhafi may still have an opportunity to “change his approach” and put in place “significant reforms” in the Libyan government.
Asked by NBC’s Savannah Guthrie what the U.S. commitment is in Libya if Qadhafi remains in power but continues to pose a threat to his people, Obama appeared to leave the door open for political reforms.
“You are absolutely right that as long as Qadhafi remains in power, and unless he changes his approach and there are significant reforms in the Libyan government that allow the Libyan people to express themselves, there are still going be potential threats against Libyan people—unless he is going to step down,” Obama said.
His quick shift back to what he had earlier stated—that Qadhafi must step down—is more in line with the conclusion that he and his administration officials had come to weeks ago. But a return to the call for “political reforms” is reminiscent of the White House position on Egypt during its upheaval.
It’s settled then. Gaddafi can stay… Until tomorrow’s press conference.
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Published February 22, 2012 at 4:19 pm - 32 Comments
Bill Fabrizio commented:
Pussy in the White House!
katy commented:
Of course he’s staying. That’s been the plan Jeremiah Wright, Louis Farrakan and Obama have planned all along…
Max commented:
Why to I have an urge to eat WAFFLES
TammyChicago commented:
One of these Barrys is not like the other.
One of these Barrys just doesnt belong.
Can you tell which Barry is not like the other?
By the time I finish my song…………….
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bg commented:
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taqiyyah son
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Scott commented:
Farrakan got to Obama…Gaddaffi is probably bankrolling the nation of islam…Meanwhile, the brits named Gaddaffi as a target several days ago. I guess all those strong women lawyers need to step in for the Commander in Chief again…His life is a vacation you see. We shouldn’t really expect more from this man-child…
Terry Gain commented:
He can stay if he allow(s) the Libyan people to express themselves … whatever the phuk that means.
So now he thinks he’s speaking on behalf of the rebels? Obama is beyond clueless.
bg commented:
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anyone know what the new flags in the background represent??
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bert commented:
obama, must go; obama can stay, obama must go; obama can stay; obama . . .
bg commented:
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re; #8
oh crap, forgot he was in Chile, duh..
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StrangernFiction commented:
“You are absolutely right that as long as Qadhafi remains in power, and unless he changes his approach and there are significant reforms in the Libyan government that allow the Libyan people to express themselves, there are still going be potential threats against Libyan people—unless he is going to step down”
Hence the teleprompter.
ogee commented:
What a frakkin waffler. Oh go eat your waffles and leave USA alone! I’m ashamed of you!
ogee commented:
He has a birth certificate, he doesn’t have a birth certificate. He showed it, he didn’t show it.
He’s a Muslim, he’s a christian. He’s a Democrat, He’s a neocommunist. He smokes, he doesn’t smoke. He is a racist, he is a racist. He’s in it for the perks is all. Don’t bother him amd let him eat his waffles. {{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{PUKE}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}
StrangernFiction commented:
UNDERGROUND by Barack Obama
Under water grottos, caverns
Filled with apes
That eat figs.
Stepping on the figs
That the apes
Eat, they crunch.
The apes howl, bare
Their fangs, dance,
Tumble in the
Rushing water,
Musty, wet pelts
Glistening in the blue.
mikeSilver commented:
winning the future is easy when you play both sides.
retire05 commented:
I don’t see how anyone can discount what a huge cluster phuk this is going to be. France and Great Britain have oil at stake, but us? Nada. Yeah, Qdaffy blew up a jet liner 20 years ago, but he has been sitting pretty ever since with no president willing to go after him.
For the claim of Obama being such a brilliant Constitutionalist, he sure seems to know little about the authority granted him by that document. Where was his speech before the U.N., his speech to Congress or his AUMF declaration from Congress?
There is no good way out of this mess Obama has gotten us into. First: we don’t even know who the hell the Libyan rebels are. Some reports are they are being fueled by Al Qaeda. If we leave Qdaffy in power, nothing changes. If we take Qdaffy out, that can only be done by ground troops from the U.S. And if the rebels are an arm of AQ, what the hell are we doing fighting Qdaffy troops to allow the rebels to take back territory? Are we now in the business of helping our enemies?
What a mess. And we will pay for it via our taxes and American blood and treasure will be spent because Obama is a clueless oaf.
succotash commented:
Those are some expensive waffles but hey he is having a great time on our dime .
Missy8s commented:
Chairman O has fired more cruise missiles in three days than all other Nobel Peace Prize winners combined!
Ginger commented:
Barry’s being BLACK MAILED…Barry’s being BLACK MAILED. hmmm hmmm hmmm
mike191 commented:
Paging David Brooks: is this the mensa moment the American People can place their faith in President44?
BuddyG commented:
Oceania has always been at war with EastasiaOceania has always been at war with EurasiaOceania has always been at war with Eastasia
whatever . . .
Lisa T. commented:
The Lybian People need to be able to express themselves. We should get them some art classes, and an encounter group. Expression problem solved. Daffy can stay, he can teach clothing design at the new Institute of Lybian Expression.
KellyJaye commented:
Okay…the comments on this post were priceless.
On a side note, generally speaking, no matter how many times I have tried to listen to one of BO’s speeches in its completion, I become very, very sleepy. The emotions are the same EVERY time! He just oozes virtual tryptophan.
Carbon Monoxide commented:
Should I stay or should I go now?
If I stay there will be trouble.
If I go it will be double.
So, you got to let me know,
Should I stay or should I go?
USMC Thomas commented:
Tourist of the United States SØBama making myself clear, now to continue my never ending SØBama World Tour.
Harry Kovaire commented:
Gaddafi can stay…
Obama must go.
drjohn commented:
The coalition is falling apart and the NFZ thing is failing
Mad Hatter commented:
You know something, I”m glad he’s doing this.
The more he flip flops, double talks, and shows his lack of leadership, the more people I know that voted for him, are getting burned out on his act.
Somewhat Reasonable Voice commented:
That’s it. I’m convinced. Our president is an idiot. No other explanation. Simply an idiot.
gus commented:
When Opies downfall occurs, and it will, it will not be pretty. This shuck and jive act cannot last for ever.
martha commented:
He’s only heeding the advice of his “Uncle” Louie. If I remember correctly, was’nt there some speculation that farrakhan had something to do with Malcom X getting shot and killed at the Audobon ballroom in 1965?
I heard Farrakhan’s speech and it sounded very much like a threat to me.
S. Wolf commented:
retire05 #16
re: First: we don’t even know who the hell the Libyan rebels are. Some reports are they are being fueled by Al Qaeda. If we leave Qdaffy in power, nothing changes. If we take Qdaffy out, that can only be done by ground troops from the U.S. And if the rebels are an arm of AQ, what the hell are we doing fighting Qdaffy troops to allow the rebels to take back territory? Are we now in the business of helping our enemies?
Yes.
‘WikiLeaks cables, independent analysts and reporters have all identified supporters of Islamist causes among the opposition to Col Gaddafi’s regime, particularly in the towns of Benghazi and Dernah.
An al-Qaeda leader of Libyan origin, Abu Yahya al-Libi, released a statement backing the insurrection a week ago, while Yusuf Qaradawi, the Qatar-based, Muslim Brotherhood-linked theologian issued a fatwa authorising Col Gaddafi’s military entourage to assassinate him.
The WikiLeaks cables, initially revealed by The Daily Telegraph and dating from 2008, identified Dernah in particular as a breeding ground for fighters in a number of causes, including Afghanistan and Iraq.
“The unemployed, disfranchised young men of eastern Libya have nothing to lose and are therefore willing to sacrifice themselves for something greater than themselves by engaging in extremism in the name of religion,” the cables quoted a Dernah businessman as saying.’
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/8391632/Libya-the-West-and-al-Qaeda-on-the-same-side.html
S. Wolf commented:
re #33
‘Well known to the United States policymakers in Obama White House and Clinton State Department along with the National Security Council but not widely known to American mainstream media, the U.S. West Point Military Academy’s Combating Terrorism Center document reveals that Libya sent more fighters to Iraq’s Islamic militancy on a per-capita basis than any other Muslim country, including Saudi Arabia.
Perhaps more alarmingly for Western policymakers, most of the fighters came from eastern Libya, the center of the current uprising against Muammar el-Qaddafi.
The analysis of the Combating Terrorism Center of West Point was based on the records captured by coalition forces in October 2007 in a raid near Sinjar, along Iraq’s Syrian border.
The eastern Libyan city of Darnah sent more fighters to Iraq than any other single city or town, according to the West Point report. It noted that 52 militants came to Iraq from Darnah, a city of just 80,000 people (the second-largest source of fighters was Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, which has a population of more than 4 million).
Benghazi, the capital of Libya’s provisional government declared by the anti-Qaddafi rebels, sent in 21 fighters, again a disproportionate number of the whole.
If the 2007 captured records revealed the Eastern Libyan participation in the anti-coalition forces militancy in Iraq one could imagine the Banghazi-Darnah export of Islamists since then.’
http://www.asiantribune.com/news/2011/03/17/libyan-rebellion-has-radical-islamist-fervor-benghazi-link-islamic-militancyus-milit
Under Zero we are on the side of the enemy..
via WZ
Blacque Jacques Shellacque commented:
What an amateur.
Songtan1 commented:
#31 Gus.
When Opies downfall occurs, and it will, it will be the prettiest thing to happen since Jan 20, 2009.
FIFY
tommy mc donnell commented:
i was againist gaddafi before i was for gaddafi. anybody notice all the different spellings of gaddafi’s name. you think he is a welfare cheat?
Qadhafi commented:
Dude! I am SOOOO psyched I didn’t decide to leave yesterday! WHEW!
Can I get a woo-woo?
Yo, Bro Obama – thanks, man, I owe you one. Need a really hot bodyguard?
crosspatch commented:
This guy (Obama) is just all over the place. It is like watching an amoeba. Can we have a constitutional amendment that says we can get rid of a President for gross incompetence?
jorgen commented:
Harry Kovaire commented:
“Gaddafi can stay…
Obama must go.”
I agree fully with this. We dont’ know who the rebels are; they may be religious fanatics who want to implement Sharia law for all we know. A dictator is better as he can always be bribed by money or by threats.
Regarding Obama: we know everything we need about him and he must go.
bg commented:
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Qadaffi Forces
Follow The Money
more re: S Wolf #33/34
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bg commented:
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re: #45
[Gaddafi’s son, Khamees, is transporting Black African mercenaries from a military base in the town of Tajura (20 km east of Tripoli, Libya). Gaddafi’s six sons are each in charge of a battalion controlling the foreign African mercenaries. The mercenaries came from many African countries such as Chad, Guinea, Niger, Somalia, Ethiopia, Mauritania, and Sudan to crush the Libyan citizens’ resistance to Gaddafi’s brutal dictatorship. The narrator says (translated from Libyan-Arabic): “These planes are going to Fashloum. The planes are coming now (a reference made to the attention of Al-Jazeera TV channel)… They are going to crush our Libyan sons. This is the second squadron that passed by. These (the planes) are filled with mercenaries. They came from Khamees’ (one of Gaddafi’s sons) battalion in Tajura.”
Reports say some west African newspapers advertise “Men Wanted for Tough Tasks”. Under the general guise of ‘hard work’, the West African mercenaries to travel to Libya to fight and kill the Libyan citizens. The foreign African mercenaries are promised payment of $2,000 per day. Al-Jazeera TV channel reported that approximately 150,000 foreign African mercenaries are present in Libya. As of February 23, 2011, it is estimated that 50,000 mercenaries are present in Tripoli under the leadership of Gaddafi’s several sons’ private battalions. This continues to happen while world governments permit it.]
more @ links..
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The All Real Numbers Symbol commented:
Re bg #8 – I don’t know. I mean, it definitely is the Chilean flag, but it has some funky crest right there in the center, adn I can’t figure out what that crest is.
The flag: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Chile
The All Real Numbers Symbol commented:
RE # 8, 47 – Nevermind, I found it.
It’s the Chiliean Coat of arms. I can’t believe I didn’t figure that out sooner.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Chile
bg commented:
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TARNS #48/49
thanks..
yup, funky is the word..
what is that bird, a vulture??
and to think, we almost had the Turkey
vs the Eagle for a symbol.. “whew”
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The All Real Numbers Symbol commented:
bg #51 – It most certainly looks like a vulture, but according to Wikipedia, it’s a condor.
Wait, I just looked at the Wiki article, there’s virtually no difference. Okay.
So that’s the Chiliean president’s flag behind Obummer, eh? Did I miss somthing? When did he get elected president of Chile?
grizzlybare commented:
You say to-ma-to and I say to-mah-to……….let’s call the whole thing off!
Bigol commented:
Having a hard time not getting dizzy watching all the spin with this…
Been reading some of the lefty blogs and it’s simply amazing how far they can bend to show one or all of the following: OB is 1. justified 2. different then Bush 3. not war 4. wrong and stupid for attacking 5. look over there! Palin said something stupid!
And my little newspaper still rings true…
If this world was consistent and people were true to their values:
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