The Rising Irrelevance of Barack Obama

"This will not stand!" declared George H.W. Bush. He was speaking of Saddam Hussein's invasion, occupation and annexation of the emirate of Kuwait as his "19th province." Seven months later, the Iraqi army was fleeing up the "Highway of Death" back into a country devastated by five weeks of U.S. bombing.

When Bush spoke, the world sat up and listened.

Consider the change.

"It's time for Gadhafi to go," said President Barack Obama two weeks ago. "So, let me just be very unambiguous about this. Col. Gadhafi needs to step down from power and leave." And did he go?

Receiving Obama's ultimatum, Gadhafi rallied his troops and took the offensive. His army is now 100 miles from Benghazi.

Obama urged the king of Bahrain not to crush the peaceful protest in Pearl Square and to accommodate the legitimate demands of its Shiite majority.

The Saudis, seeing a threat to their oil-rich and Shiite-populated eastern province should the Bahraini monarchy fall, sent 2,000 troops across the King Fahd Causeway. Bahrain then brutally swept the "outlaws" from the streets of its capital, Manama.

Among the few things that may be said with certainty about the Arab revolution of 2011 is that it has revealed the rising irrelevance of President Obama in that part of the world.

http://visiontoamerica.org/story/the-ri ... obama.html

He should have never been the first to talk tough if he had no plans of leading the charge to get rid of of him.

Bush's giant mistake was not finishing off Hussein when he had the chance. Hussein stayed in power for years after Bush's military intervention.

Gadhafi remained in power through BOTH Bush administrations AND even after the Pan Am bombing.

I like that Obama is trying to stay out of Libya. If we go in there, shouldn't we assist in Syria, and Saudi Arabia? There are mainly repressive goverments in the Middle East who don't mind killing their subjects, and some of them are allies.

The French come to the rescue...

Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- French fighter jets soared over Libya on Saturday to counter Moammar Gadhafi's military forces who were intent on destroying the opposition as they pushed into the rebel stronghold of Benghazi.

"Our air force will oppose any aggression by Colonel Gadhafi against the population of Benghazi," said French President Nicolas Sarkozy, speaking after an international, top-level meeting in Paris over the Libyan crisis.

"As of now, our aircraft are preventing planes from attacking the town," he said. "As of now, our aircraft are prepared to intervene against tanks."

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/03 ... 1&iref=BN1

CriticalBill wrote: He should have never been the first to talk tough if he had no plans of leading the charge to get rid of of him.

Then you'd be complaining Obama wasn't threatening Libya... :Whistle

BO has earned the irrelevance...in action and in word.

Just a little reminder.

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kresspin wrote: Bush's giant mistake was not finishing off Hussein when he had the chance. Hussein stayed in power for years after Bush's military intervention.

Gadhafi remained in power through BOTH Bush administrations AND even after the Pan Am bombing.

Amazing, bush has been out of office and skippy brings this up...who is president? kresspin, your obama messiah is, please don't forget that. :Crying:

Saddam Hussein invaded another country. Libya is dealing with a civil war. There's the difference.

kresspin wrote:

CriticalBill wrote: He should have never been the first to talk tough if he had no plans of leading the charge to get rid of of him.

Then you'd be complaining Obama wasn't threatening Libya... :Whistle

You have no clue what you're talking about , at this point in our history I would rather America did nothing in Libya. Doing anything is always a lose lose scenario where if we do accomplish anything, we will be chastised for being the world police and we will put our people at risk.

It's time that we only help our allies from now on and let the rest of the world clean up these messes since we never get any appreciation, only condemnation. Let France attempt to take care of the problem and see how that works out. Then we can point the finger at them when the f#@k it up.