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2011-07-11 Africa North

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Posted by ryuge 2011-07-11 06:30|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ] Top

#1 Great post there ryuge. With Ramadan in about three weeks the rebels will go home. Then "no shortage of rebel fighters willing to defend Benghazi, but they become more reluctant to fight when asked to move out of their own territory and advance on Tripoli". This is how it's done for who knows how long. African and Arab support is showing itself more and more for al-Gaddafi.Time now for the politicians to meet before Ramadan to do a deal while everyone holds their nose.

Posted by Dale 2011-07-11 07:49|| 2011-07-11 07:49|| Front Page Top

#2 This fiasco threatens to become a defeat. There is no point in beginning hostilities unless you are willing to see them through to victory. With retreat from Iraq and Afghanistan, O'Bumble is sending exactly the wrong message to our enemies. On top of the economy, foreign affairs will make him vulnerable next summer. Let's hope our countrymen understand what's at stake.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2011-07-11 07:50|| 2011-07-11 07:50|| Front Page Top

#3 Nah,

The way these things work is governments tax the parts of the state they control to fund the fight against the rest.

Dafyy aint collecting any taxes or oil revenues, and every day that goes by his resources decline and hence his capacity to fight.

The rebels basically have to do nothing to win.

Posted by phil_b 2011-07-11 12:02|| 2011-07-11 12:02|| Front Page Top

#4 Not so sure about that, phil_b. The resources that are in doubt are those of the British and the French. If it gets too expensive for them they might quit and without the no-fly zone the rebels are gonna be in trouble.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2011-07-11 12:30|| 2011-07-11 12:30|| Front Page Top

#5 "Quagmire" is a word coined by the donks; I think they have it trademarked.

Posted by JohnQC 2011-07-11 15:35|| 2011-07-11 15:35|| Front Page Top

#6 Obama is an opportunist. He only fights because its expedient at the time. He has no commitment to anything but the moment's advantage. He will abandon the fight when he sees no advantage to himself politically. That's the only reason he got into it in the first place.

The French and the Italians are EUroweenies. They will abandon the fight against Khadaffy when they cant get any more money out of it. Their moral will is practically non-existant and it always was. Militarily they are fairies.

Khadaffy is a thug and he doesnt have anyplace to hide or run to, no one on Earth wants to give him safe haven. He cant leave Tripoli and all he can do is move from one basement to another and hold on, by threat or bribe. Essentially he is a rat bastard whom some fear and no one respects.

Khadaffy has NO choice except to hold on. He will be meat on a hook inevitably, men like him dont die natural deaths. Until then, he hides and pays for air.

The EUroweenies are worthless, they always were. Obama is a moral zero, who will follow the political wind. The "rebels" are not our friends anyway. How can we get our hands on all that Oil? If the EUroweenies "negotiate" what is that to us if we get a dividend of the Oil available. The rebels are all expendable and what happens to them is not our concern. If they cant finish Khadaffy they arent any use to us. If they lack the ability they are meat ...and they ARE Moslems. Who will miss them?

Khadaffy could hold on for a while, but he wont be going anywhere and he will get killed anyway. THAT is only a matter of when.

How can we benefit from the Frenchies and the Italians queering out? Can we manipulate them to advantage. Obama is going to lose the coming election, he wont stay the course. He's ready to puss now. By next year Obama wont be steady for anything. He's doomed too.

Obama+rebels+EUroweenies+ kadaffy= Buboes.

Posted by de Medici 2011-07-11 21:41|| 2011-07-11 21:41|| Front Page Top

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