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2011-03-23 Africa North

[Arab News] British Prime Minister

David Cameron
... British PM Cameron describes himself as a modern compassionate conservative and has spoken of a need for a new style of politics that doesn't involve calling people names. He has stated that he is certainly a big Thatcher fan, but I don't know whether that makes me a Thatcherite, which means he's probably not. He has also claimed to be a liberal Conservative, and a very tall short person. Since he is not deeply ideological he lacks core principles and is easily led. He has urged politicians to concentrate on improving people's happiness and general well-being, instead of focusing solely on financial wealth, which is easy for a stockbroker's kid to say. Ask him to lend you ten quid and see how that works out. He has been described as certainly not a Pitt, Elder or Younger, but he does wear a nice suit so maybe he's Beau Brummel ...
said the intention was to transfer command to NATO, but La Belle France said Arab countries did not want the US -led alliance in charge of the operation.

NATO officials resumed talks in Brussels on Tuesday after failing to reach agreement at heated talks on Monday.

Some allies were now questioning whether a no-fly zone was necessary, given the damage already done by air strikes to Qadaffy's military capabilities, a NATO diplomat said.
"Ok, we're done playing. I'm gonna take the ball and go home!"
"Yesterday's meeting became a little bit emotional," the NATO envoy said, adding that La Belle France had argued that the coalition led by La Belle France, Britain and the United States should retain political control of the mission, with NATO providing operational support, including command-and-control capabilities.
Hey, NATO -- you just do what we say or we're taking the ball and going home!
"Others are saying NATO should have command or no role at all and that it doesn't make sense for NATO to play a subsidiary role," the diplomat said.
Screw you, if you don't wanna play WE're taking the ball and going home!
Underlining the differences in the anti-Qadaffy coalition, Italy's Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said if agreement was not reached on a NATO command, Italy would resume control of the seven airbases it has made available to allied air forces.
Hold on, it's MY ball and I'M going home!
A NATO role would require political support from all the 28 states. Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, whose country is a NATO member, said on Tuesday that the United Nations
... aka the Oyster Bay Chowder and Marching Society...
should be the umbrella for a solely humanitarian operation in Libya.
Wait, who the hell's ball is this? The UN's? Ha ha, I don't think so!
In a speech to deputies from his ruling AK Party in parliament Erdogan said: "Turkey will never ever be a side pointing weapons at the Libyan people."
I spit upon your ball!
Andrew Bacevich, a professor of international relations at Boston University, said it would be difficult to stand up a multinational command structure "on the fly."
There IS no "ball"!
"If that's what's being attempted then the hand-off may take longer than the B.O. regime would like," he said.

Rifts are also growing in the world community over the resolution, with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin

...Second President of the Russian Federation and the first to remain sober. Because of constitutionally mandated term limits he is the current Prime Minister of Russia. His sock puppet, Dmitry Medvedev, was installed in the 2008 presidential elections. Putin is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law. During his eight years in office Russia's economy bounced back from crisis, seeing GDP increase, poverty decrease and average monthly salaries increase. During his presidency Putin passed into law a series of fundamental reforms, including a flat income tax of 13%, a reduced profits tax, and new land and legal codes. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to Putin. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile...
comparing the UN mandate a call for "medieval crusades." China and Brazil urged a cease-fire amid fears of civilian casualties.
That ball looks dangerous. Someone might get hurt. Stop playing now!

Posted by Fred 2011-03-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ] Top

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2011-03-23 02:46|| 2011-03-23 02:46|| Front Page Top

Quotes from other sites are fine here if they are a) limited and b) acknowledged.

Posted by Dribble2716 2011-03-23 06:12|| 2011-03-23 06:12|| Front Page Top

#3 The US doesnt have any "leadership".

That's the money line for many of the reasons you say. Basically, BHO doesn't really think like an American.

Posted by JohnQC 2011-03-23 11:23|| 2011-03-23 11:23|| Front Page Top

#4 With all due respect, Mr. Dribble, it seems as though you are doing a Joe Biden this morning. I believe you have borrowed parts of your post here from a piece in Monday's Jerusalem Post without attribution. Heck, I could do that and people would think I was smart...until they found out.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2011-03-23 11:42|| 2011-03-23 11:42|| Front Page Top

#5 At least we know where g(r)omgoru's piece comes from. Well, sometimes that's what you're gonna get told if you ask.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2011-03-23 11:46|| 2011-03-23 11:46|| Front Page Top

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