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Samantha Power credits Obama with Libyan uprising
2011-04-03
Because the rebels weren't aware enough of the dialectic to rise up on their own...
Irish born White House foreign policy specialist Samantha Power said this week she believes President ObamaÂ’s two-year international campaign to promote human rights helped trigger the uprising in Libya against Moammar GadhafiÂ’s rule. In a speech she gave on Monday [March 28th] at Columbia University Power, currently the director of multilateral affairs at the National Security Council, defended her strong support for the military operation against GadhafiÂ’s forces.

"The president has argued our interests and our values cannot be separated," Power told the university audience. "These values have caused the people of Libya to risk their lives on the street."
The Libyan people needed Obama to tell them that their lives were a living hell and that they were being ruled by a homicidal, insane maniac. Right, Samantha.
Power claimed that the president, through a series of speeches he gave in various foreign capitals, had made it easier for other nations to stand with the United States against home grown tyrants.
Like France.
Power responded to a question on the military operation to impose a no-fly zone, saying that "force can be justified on humanitarian grounds"

To underline her point Power added that the international coalition had acted to protect the rebel-stronghold city of Benghazi because of GadhafiÂ’s ruthless attacks.

"On a single day, he killed 1,200 people on suspicion of being anti-government rebels," she said.

"To put Libyan events in historical perspective," she added, "in Libya, it took us nine days impose asset freezes and travel bans," while pressuring regimes in the Balkans and other places took years.

Last week The New York Times revealed that Power, U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had countered reluctant military leaders to persuade president Obama to launch military operations against GadhafiÂ’s forces, under the guise of protecting civilians. Clinton told the press on Sunday that "we learned a lot" from not doing enough to stop genocide in Rwanda and ethnic killings in the Balkans in the 1990's.
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#6  And Obumbles steadfast and unwavering support for the Iranian People during their uprising also gave the Lybians hope that the United States, under his rule, would support them against their Dictator as well!

Oh.. wait...
Posted by: CrazyFool   2011-04-03 23:52  

#5  No one has given much thought to the fact Libya imports most of its food.

Very good point, phil_b. Are any of the Jasmine countries self-sufficient, food-wise?
Posted by: trailing wife   2011-04-03 23:10  

#4  "No one has given much thought to the fact Libya imports most of its food."

So, phil_b, whoever "wins" there will have to deal with food riots?

I'll order more popcorn. :-D
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2011-04-03 19:24  

#3  No one has given much thought to the fact Libya imports most of its food. Eg, 90% of wheat is imported.
Posted by: phil_b   2011-04-03 17:45  

#2  Until it turns into a bloodbath. Then it'll be...Bush's fault.
Posted by: tu3031   2011-04-03 17:32  

#1  foreign policy specialist

No, she's just another Ivy League academic who talks a lot. This is a picture of an actual foreign policy specialist.
Posted by: Matt   2011-04-03 12:26  

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