Hillary Clinton: We Want to Help the Rebels. We Want Them to Win… We Just Don’t Know Who They Are.
Posted by Jim Hoft on Friday, April 1, 2011, 2:58 PM
Good grief.
The Obama Administration wants to help the Libyan rebels. They want to put them in power. They want them to win. They just don’t know who they are.
Rebels guard the front line on the road between Ajdabiyah and Brega as forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi threatened to push them further away from strategic oil refineries in eastern Libya March 31, 2011. (REUTERS/Finbarr O’Reilly)
The Politico reported:
We are currently doing everything we can to bomb, strafe and use missiles to carry the rebels into power in Libya. We want them to win. We just don’t know who they are.
This is not merely my opinion. It is the statement of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, our point person in meeting with the rebels.
She was in London Tuesday to meet with diplomats from 30 countries, most of whom showed up to get in the group picture. There are certainly not 30 countries aiding us in the war in Libya.
Most of the media headlined Clinton’s statement about possibly arming the rebels. Many stories left out what I consider her more important statement: that she really had no idea who the rebels are and that, in fact, they might actually include members of Al Qaeda, the terrorist group that attacked America on Sept. 11, 2001.
Well, we do know that there aren’t as many rebels as we thought, maybe only 1,000 members. At the same time, we also have estimates that 1,000 Al-Qaeda members may have infiltrated the rebel groups.
What could go wrong?
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rbosque commented:
Her comments sum up this administration. No one knows a damn thing.
RedBeard commented:
What a complete cluster____.
This hapless administration is roughly equal in intelligence and wisdom to my 5th grade class. The biggest difference is that Miss Peterson, our teacher, was quite pretty.
Dave-O commented:
#2 Redbeard – my thoughts precisely. A complete and utter cluster _____. The Keystone Kops would be far, far, far more competent. Didn’t Secretary Gates just get finished saying that this entire affair is more like “a pickup basketball game right now” than anything else? Maybe he has to say things like that to get Zippy’s attention? “basketball game? where? who??”
tommy mc donnell commented:
the other day she didn’t know who she spoke for. now she doesn’t know who she is fighting for. this from the SMARTEST woman on the planet.
BuddyG commented:
Ya gotta pass the bill to know what’s in it.
Ya gotta put the rebels power to know who they are.
Joe's Garage commented:
I keep thinking any minute now I’m going to wake up and this whole thing will have been a nightmare…
War #3 – utterly mismanaged and inexplicable, the crashing economy, the fake job numbers every month, the nuclear disaster completely ignored, completely ignored southern border, Obamacare, 14 trillion dollar deficits, the GOP ignoring Obama while fighting the TEA Party, gas/food/clothing prices skyrocketing, an unknown number of czars with unknown powers performing unknown tasks…
It’s like every day now is April 1st.
save us commented:
Who is the biggest incompentent – Hillary or the O?
Don Rodrigo commented:
Hey, Madame Blimp Pants, it’s your war, you wanted it, you go to Libya and figure out who’s who.
Lenore commented:
There are only two places we should have intervened, the Sudan and Iran. The Christians of Sudan were slaughtered by Muslims and the Muslims in Iran wanted to be freed from an Islamic state. Anybody who didn’t know that the rebels in Libya were Muslims extremists needs to have thier head examined. Anyone in our government who didn’t know this before helping the rebels needs to be booted out of office immediately. Obama is mentally incompetant. If Obama knowingly supported the Muslim brotherhood or Al-Queda he must be impeached immediately under Article two section four of the US Constitution. Obama is corrupt and hearings of his doing over the last 2 plus years are needed.
StrangernFiction commented:
On a side note, who is doing the editing at Politico? This article is complete garbage. Although that is not much of a shock.
StrangernFiction commented:
“The opposition has demonstrated a ‘commitment to democracy and to a very robust engagement with people from across the spectrum of Libyans,’ but ‘we do not have any specific information about specific individuals from any organization who are part of this,’ she said.”
So Shrillary doesn’t know who these people are, but she knows they’re “commited to democracy?” I’m assuming this is what she said.
wanumba commented:
#5 April 1, 2011 at 3:18 pm
BuddyG commented:
Ya gotta pass the bill to know what’s in it.
Ya gotta put the rebels power to know who they are.
………………
Exactly. They KNOW who the rebels are, they just don’t want US to know until it’s too late.
wanumba commented:
#9 April 1, 2011 at 3:31 pm
Lenore commented:
There are only two places we should have intervened, the Sudan and Iran.
……
Think about it. President Bush, while multi-tasking a war in two theatres, intervened in a very positive manner, no violence, in Sudan via the Comprehensive Peace Agreement which provided for autonomous Southern government, and then a peaceful Referendum VOTE for independence.
For a so-called “war-monger” Bush managed to get a few major historical humaitarian feedom-lovin’, citizxen-empowering things done without resorting to “military humanitarian intervention.”
That’s why this new Obama/CLinton/Powers/Rice initiative looks so phony. It IS a fraud.
wanumba commented:
And of course, if Hillary CLinton, Secretary of State, our CIA, our National Security Council, ALL our billions in Intel investment and we DON’T KNOW WHO the REBELS are, then we can save a PILE of money by CLOSING them DOWN. They’re WORTHLESS. USELESS, larded with political hacks like “look-at-me-I’m-a-covert-spy” Valerie Plame.
Hire Israel. They’re cheap, very good at identifying “rebels” and can use the business.
american patriot commented:
“We just don’t know who they are.”
Doesn’t that say everything about liberalism. “This FEELS like the right thing to do, even though we don’t have the least idea of the consequences. But lets go ahead anyway. After all, it’s NOT OUR money at stake, and any negative consequences won’t be effecting people like US or where WE live.”
Betsy Ross commented:
Wow. I’m sure glad this is the Smart Power we were promised by Sec. Clinton…whew for a second there I thought they would have “acted stupidly” and really messed things up.
Khan Krum commented:
BuddyG commented:
Ya gotta pass the bill to know what’s in it.
Ya gotta put the rebels power to know who they are.
FULL POINT!!!
mike191 commented:
I see sniper fire in Bosnia,again.This woman ,”smart power”, should be speed dialing Condi Rice.
Cal Rifkin commented:
Compared to this bs fiasco, Reagan’s simple air strike on Khadaffi was genius. I am amazed every day what dipsh!tas this administration has in the driver’s seat. What a joke, and they’ll get away with this total incompetence, which what it is…there’s no other way to put.
czekmark commented:
Hillary wants the rebels to win so then she can find out who they are. Move over Pelosi, you’ve got competion for the most inane comment of the week.
Dave-O commented:
The Smartest People in the History of The Entire World are in charge of this. Let by President Urkel, Vice President Joe “Plugs” Biden, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Incompetano, and Secretary of State “Cankles” –
We have absolutely nothing to worry about. what could possibly go wrong??
Mark commented:
This is surely one of the stupidest political comments ever. Hillary, you are an embarassing fool. Only Nazi Piglosi could top this.
bg commented:
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‘You’re Just Carrying Water For Obama’
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rcl commented:
We have to pass it to find out what is in it!
pj commented:
Just read this over at Free Republic, you may find this interesting I sure did.Two diplomatics at the United Nations confirmed that Washington,Secretary of State Hillary Clinton,gave the-
go-ahead for Saudi Arabia to invade Bahrain and crush the Pro-democracy movement in their neighborhood in exchange for’YES’ vote by the Arab Legue for no-fly zone over Libya…..
Adirondack Patriot commented:
Wow. And THEY called George W. Bush stupid?
Agent 99 commented:
pj and all
Check THIS out
http://www.military.com/news/article/libyan-rebels-set-ceasefire-conditions.html?wh=news
April 01, 2011
Associated Press
“BENGHAZI, Libya – Libya’s rebels will agree to a cease-fire if Moammar Gadhafi pulls his military forces out of cities and allows peaceful protests against his regime, an opposition leader said Friday as rebels showed signs that their front-line organization is improving.”
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“The White House said the strongman’s inner circle was clearly crumbling with the loss of Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa, who flew from Tunisia to England on Wednesday. Koussa is privy to all the inner workings of the regime, so his departure could open the door for some hard intelligence, though Britain refused to offer him immunity from prosecution.
Ali Abdessalam Treki, a former foreign minister and U.N. General Assembly president, announced his departure on several opposition websites the next day, saying “It is our nation’s right to live in freedom and democracy and enjoy a good life.”
Gadhafi accused the leaders of the countries attacking his forces of being “affected by power madness.”
“The solution for this problem is that they resign immediately and their peoples find alternatives to them,” the Libya state news agency quoted him as saying.”
SO IS IT A CEASE FIRE?? Yeah Right!! Look @ First Paragraph for the CONDITIONS
Then SEE Moussa Koussa resigned…has “secret” info on Gadhafi.
Good Grief ((AS JIM SAYS))
bg commented:
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Agent 99 #27
re: [Moussa Koussa resigned…has “secret” info on Gadhafi.]
oh yeah, thank you..
knew about that, well what i mean is, posted about his abandoning a couple of days ago, also suspected & fully expected ‘secrets’ left with
him..
[more here]
re: [First Paragraph for the CONDITIONS]
can’t find it, probably read it anyways..
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bg commented:
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hmmm, which side is dispensing the most kool-aid.. if you’ve followed all the
Obama-Gaddafi links (or just Obama links, or just follow the money links, but
whatever), at the very leased you could make an educated guess..
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bg commented:
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re: #29
leased = least
it’s mini vaca time..
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pj commented:
#26
public education do i need to say more…………….
dunce commented:
The smartest woman in the world has been pleading ignorance ever since bill became gov. of arkansaw. Tha is the public record is full of her many Sgt. schultz pleadings, “I know nothing”.
mcc commented:
Thoughts from one I love to hear from:
The old saying, “When you strike at a king, you must kill him,” is especially apt when it comes to attacking a widely recognized sponsor of international terrorism like Colonel Qaddafi. To attack him without destroying his regime is to ask for increased terrorism against Americans and America’s allies. So is replacing him with insurgents who include other sponsors of terrorism.
President Obama’s speech on Monday night was long on rhetoric and short on logic. He said, “I believe that this movement of change cannot be turned back, and that we must stand alongside those who believe in the same core principles that have guided us.”
Just what would lead him to conclude that this includes the largely unknown forces who are trying to seize power in Libya?
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/263357/measuring-force-thomas-sowell
bg commented:
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mcc #35
thank you for sharing..
[As for the national interest of the United States of America,
Barack Obama has never shown any great concern about that.]
always a pleasure to read what Mr. Sowell, a very wise man, thinks..
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bg commented:
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woah!! something rarely, if ever, seen, US flags “waving” not “burning”..
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Dave-O commented:
The Marines have a saying for this particular kind of strategic and logistical “genius” – FUBAR.
Andreas K. commented:
All these revolutions are comitted to democracy! Egypt shows it so well!
Wait…
Errrr… islam is peace! And it’s the Jews’ fault! There.
ogee commented:
What? The news says ‘Obama installed the Rebels’ and Hillary says she ‘doesn’t know who the rebels are’? Oh my.
She damned well knows who they are. She’s lying.
She’s hop schotching around making deals and stirring the crap.
She gets her orders from CFR and Kerry.
thebardofmurdock commented:
Obama’s Libyan Strategery
He joins in war, almost too late,
Makes public his withdrawal date,
Commences action from the air,
Then makes his enemies aware
He’ll not attack on land,
Across the desert sand.
Within just days, perhaps a week,
His reputation and mystique
For managing the world’s affairs
Achieves its peak when he declares
He’ll bomb the rebels too,
For things that they might do.
Perhaps another Nobel Prize
Our friends from Stockholm could reprise,
For excellence in strategy
While waging war on Tripoli.
It’s merited, at worst,
As much as was the first.
bg commented:
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com’on UNATO follow me..
i’m the oil piper can’t you see..
‘Libyan rebels killed in NATO air strike’
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Sandy commented:
Nice when the Secretary of State follows blindly, the clueless leadership who believe that if you attack both sides in a Civil War you can declare yourself a winner either way. There is only one problem with that theory — both sides can decide that the enemy of my enemy is my friend and there we are smack dab in the middle of a Civil War. The lesson from Vietnam was that we should never get in the middle of another nation’s Civil War. But that was so before Obama.
Sandy commented:
Andreas K #13 — Those Jews built one apartment too many — it cannot be tolerated. Muslim Terrorists are the real victims doncha know. So they bomb buildings and cut off the heads of innocent people — they are hurting. Pardon me while I gag.
Rod commented:
On behalf of the people of the United Kingdom I must apologise to the people of the USA.
If our prat of a Prime Minister David Cameron, or as we affectionately know him ‘CaMORON’, had kept his stupid mouth shut, neither of our nations would have become involved. This idiot has cut the RAF by 1/3. He is going to sack 15,000 of our troops – when they come home from Afghanistan and he has just scrapped our last remaining aircraft carrier, oh and all of the Royal Navy’s fighter aircraft.
We can’t defend ourselves but he opens his stupid mouth and manages to start ANOTHER bloody war! God help us all!