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BigFurHat over at I Own the World has posted this story:
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice said on Tuesday that the Obama administration has not ruled out arming Libya’s rebels as an option for trying to end Muammar Gaddafi’s 41-year rule.
Speaking a day after President Barack Obama defended his Libya strategy in a televised address, Rice said Gaddafi has shown no sign of leaving power without continued pressure from Western powers that have imposed a no-fly zone over Libya and used air strikes to constrain his ground forces.
“Over the long term, as the president said, there are other things that are at our disposal that perhaps will assist in speeding Gaddafi’s exit,” she told CBS’s “The Early Show” as part of a series of TV interviews.
“It may not happen overnight,” she added.
She spoke as more than 40 countries and international organizations gathered in London to chart a post-Gaddafi future for Libya. Britain and Italy suggested he could be allowed to go into exile.
Rice said the United States would maintain financial and diplomatic pressure on the Libyan government until Gaddafi leaves and hinted that new steps could be in the offing, including the arming of Libyan rebels.
“We have not made that decision, but we’ve not certainly ruled that out,” she said on ABC’s “Good Morning America” program.
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You know, ever since Obama became president I question my ability to read and comprehend. Isn’t there an arms embargo on Libya? This guy is so unprincipled, so slippery, so audacious that whatever he says is immediately worthless.
An astute reader commented:
“Why WOULDN’T we provide them arms? We armed the Mexican drug cartels, and the Muslim Brotherhood in Libya are “freedom fighters”, which make them even more important than the drug runners.” — Imasouperconservative
Here’s my take on it…
Mike Vanderbeogh at SipseyStreetIrregulars.blogspot.com and David Codrea at Examiner.com broke the story back in Dec. about the ATF’s Operation Fast and Furious – AKA “Project Gunrunner” which was picked up by Sharyl Atkisson at CBS News. The ATF whistleblower agents say this goes all the way to the top, via the DoJ.
So why wouldn’t Obama provide arms to the Libyans???
Watch and learn. There’s a reason why Trump is out there banging the birth certificate drum…
Previously:
Sipsey Street Irregulars & the BATFE whistleblowers – Obama’s Gunwalker crime and coverup
What did Eric Holder know and when did he know it?
More on the ATF Gunrunner scandal
Things are beginning to pop, pop, pop…
Eric Holder Must Be Soiling Himself
Let me be clear…
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Its all about this …..