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| Topic Started: Mar 16 2011, 06:06 PM (1,209 Views) | |
| eco | Mar 16 2011, 06:06 PM Post #1 |
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Anyone else finding the collapse of the revolution an almost heartbreaking affair? I don't know what more could have been done - internally or externally - but, my god, what a horrible way to shatter the dreams of Arab Spring... |
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| Snefaldia | Mar 16 2011, 06:25 PM Post #2 |
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I'm trying not to pay attention, because I don't want to be heartbroken if it fails. |
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| Knootoss | Mar 17 2011, 12:42 AM Post #3 |
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Yes it is very sad. :/ |
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| Retired WerePenguins | Mar 17 2011, 07:50 AM Post #4 |
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It is sad but so very logical. Egypt really is the exception in the Middle East because the military was raised and trained by the United States and so tends to favor stability and rule of law above the current Boss du jour. (One of the reasons why they were so loved by the people.) All the other petty decitatorships have militaries that owe whoever the Bastard in Charge big time (otherwise they would probably be dead). They are very willing to kill their own people in order to keep their Bastard in Charge in power, no matter what happens in the process. It doesn't help that we have the Waffle-O-Matic POTUS, the same one who allowed democracy in Iran to get buchered while he played golf. |
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| Iron Felix | Mar 17 2011, 08:39 AM Post #5 |
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There has been a complete lack of leadership from the United States ever since this started. Confusing and contradictory signals when it was happening in Egypt, and now fiddling while Libya burns. It's embarrassing, and sad. |
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| Zarquon Froods | Mar 17 2011, 08:54 AM Post #6 |
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Are you surprised? |
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| Iron Felix | Mar 17 2011, 09:35 AM Post #7 |
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I'm disappointed. I had hoped that we would continue to have a foreign policy that encouraged movements towards democracy. As we've seen though, in Iran and Egypt and now in Libya, that isn't the case. Our foreign policy seems at best directionless, at worst downright timid. Or should that be the other way around? It's almost as if we're begging some other nation to step up and take the lead because we don't want to lead any more. |
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| Krioval | Mar 17 2011, 09:50 AM Post #8 |
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I agree that the US should be more vigorous in addressing the situation in Libya. That said, what are we supposed to be doing about it? I'm not about to advocate any unilateral military action by the US against Gaddafi because we're already involved in two ongoing military campaigns that haven't gone especially well AND because there are enough countries in Europe that could be dealing with this much more proactively. Then there are NATO and the UN, both of which should be doing more than sitting around having a(nother) discussion about maybe doing something, some day. Every time the US does something unilaterally, there's tons of international blowback. Yet we're supposed to take the lead on this one too? How about Italy or France do something and then ask the US to help out? If we sat back after that, then I'd really have a problem with the US government's position on Libya. |
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| Knootoss | Mar 17 2011, 10:07 AM Post #9 |
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France has actually been trying to organise a no-fly zone! |
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| Iron Felix | Mar 17 2011, 10:29 AM Post #10 |
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If I'm not mistaken, the French and others within NATO were trying to organize a no-fly zone and we basically vetoed it. |
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| Krioval | Mar 17 2011, 11:04 AM Post #11 |
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Damn. That's what I get for not keeping as current as I should be with the news. In that case, the administration is being stupid, short-sighted, and ridiculously weak. Did I mention stupid already? |
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| Iron Felix | Mar 17 2011, 12:57 PM Post #12 |
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U.S. Seeks UN Resolution Authorizing Strikes And in other news... Obama loses Clinton. And in totally unrelated news.... He loses Joan Baez. |
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| Knootoss | Mar 17 2011, 02:24 PM Post #13 |
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That is.. bad :| |
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| Zarquon Froods | Mar 17 2011, 02:43 PM Post #14 |
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This isn't really surprising. Big O. hasn't had a clear direction set out for his foreign policy since the campaign for President. I was just watching the UN feed, they were voting on a resolution, likely the no-fly zone, which passed with 10 votes and 5 abstentions. Maybe now they can get the situation under control and out that bastard. And as far as the US not wanting the lead, I can't blame them. The UN has been using them as their police force for years and made them the target for international outrage. And speaking of the UN's inability to regulate, well anything, reminds me of an excerpt from "Team America: World Police"
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| Iron Felix | Mar 17 2011, 03:21 PM Post #15 |
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Airstrikes within hours? Well that's an improvement. Would have been better a week or so ago..... |
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