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Invader's Remorse: Arab League Now Criticizes Western Attack On Libya
Not even a full day after the UN-endorsed attack on Libya began, and the "invader's remorse" is already manifesting itself as discontent among the "peacemakers" emerges. Per the AFP: "The Arab League on Sunday criticized Western military strikes on Libya, a week after urging the United Nations to slap a no-fly zone on the oil-rich North African state. "What has happened in Libya differs from the goal of imposing a no-fly zone and what we want is the protection of civilians and not bombing other civilians," Arab League secretary general Amr Mussa told reporters." We wonder what the Arab League will say when reports of innocent civilians, up to a million of whom have been forcefully armed by Gaddafi, being butchered en masse begin emerging. And how long before the entire operation is deemed a total failure... to be redeemed only by a full scale land invasion?
More from the AFP:
On March 12, the Arab League urged the United Nations to impose a no-fly zone on Libya and said Moamer Kadhafi’s regime had "lost legitimacy" as it sought to snuff out a rebellion designed to oust him from power.
In the West’s biggest intervention in the Arab world since the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq, US warships and a British submarine fired more than 120 Tomahawk cruise missiles into Libya on Saturday, the US military said.
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I detest the smell of stupidity
Can anyone explain how France's token force was enforcing a "No Fly Zone" by attacking tanks?
Flying tanks?
The bullshit has entered the farcical. It is like our world has become a Terry Pratchett novel.
The UN resolution goes further than a No Fly Zone. It authorizes "all necessary measures", excluding ground troops, to protect civillians under the threat of attack.
Has the UN Security Council ever given anyone a blank check before?
Gulf war 1
Gulf War I only allowed them to remove Iraqi forces from Kuwait.
echo..
"all necessary measures" include killing the civilians. No civilians and no threat. like Iraq Libration means librated for life. 1,500,000 were liberated.
Did you pull that number out of your ass? You should get a job at the Bureau of Labor Statistics
It probably took you to 3 sec to come up with this response. Remember US and UK authorities spend enormous amount of money on war and they can spend a lot on misinformation too. You need to work your ass off to find the Truth.It was around one million deaths 2007.
Regardless of accepting this new figure I suggest that you accept the work of several noted scientists published in the Lancet, the preeminent prestigious British journal for medicine, with professors from Johns Hopkins University and the School of Medicine at Al Mustansirlya University in Baghdad.
go to http://www.thelancet.com/home and spend some time to get the figures.
we're not going to quarrel over a few hundred thousand.
Big data needs you to think bigger. if you think every thing comes out of the ASS, you get what comes out of the ass.
"excluding ground troops"
That means that the multiple amphibious landing craft in the Med right now are just criuse ships?
How do the french know if those Libyan tanks are attacking the rebel tribes or civilians?
If the gun was pointing into Benghazi, it would have been taken out of commission. A no-brainer.
ground troops should be taken care of by the NATO in forthcoming news
The French got a hold of the new A-Team movie and thought it was a documentary.
Yes, I can explain. From the air, Libyan tanks look like snails.
Calypso Louie askes the right question to the ONE he called the Messiah:
"FARRAKHAN: "I warn my brother do you let these wicked demons move you in a direction that will absolutely ruin your future with your people in Africa and throughout the Arab world...Why don't you organize a group of respected Americans and ask for a meeting with Qaddafi, you can't order him to step down and get out, who the hell do you think you are?"
Meanwhile, Barry chillin' in Rio.
King Louis the XV?
Sounds about right.
Blame it on Rio
The Arab League is just trying to maintain their irrelevance.
Classic
Darth Vader: Perhaps you think you’re being treated unfairly?
Lando: [after a pause] No.
Darth Vader: Good. It would be unfortunate if I had to leave a garrison here.
Lando: This deal is getting worse all the time.
Round two! My servers got taken out! There is major military happening!
Invaders remorse! That's precious.
Yes folks, just as Mises said, economics is the study of human action, and not the idiocy of Keynes manipulative financial theories.
from the commander of the USS Semper Fido:
jeeeeesh! first, under our UN auspices, we get the targets for our missles from the french leadership (i know! funny!) and the order to launch. then, the fuking arab league comes along and complains about possible injuries to civilians! and the want to hold us responsible?
it's a good thing congress isn't involved!
(signed) Commander Balzoff
Lay down with wolves. Wake up with your dick ripped off. They ought to have figured that out by now. Exceptionally slow learners I guess.
Double take as they hide under the table. Saudi now scared as shit that what has become kosher in Libya could be ruled the same in Bahrein and Yemen; eventually Kuwait and Saudi zones. Jumping Josaphat! Will the western coalition now come to protect the rebelling masses against these very allied regimes in Libya who suppress democratic expression at home? The shoe will then be on the other foot. That is not cricket to a Saudi prince. Can't have the west playing on that wicket on their home turf. Whence this concern..
You're on the right track. The Arab league responds to Saud. The reasons for this recent change can be found in the fault lines exposed between American 666 banksters and Saud in Bahrain.
If anything it is even worse for the Saudi and Bahraini royalty.
1) They just witnessed Western Banks rob Qaddafi of 30 billion dollars in assets in broad daylight.
2) They are watching the West take him out after ONE UN vote. Saddam got 16 votes for free before anyone did anything. Guess democrats are just a little more warlike.
Turkey is on board now screw the Arab league!! This show is going to close before you can buy a ticket. 100 Tomahawks missiles usually can disable a cement and tin HQ. Please the Colonel is wetting his Depends.
Sunday, March 20, 2011 SHOCK AND AWE IN LIBYA - WHY NOT IRAN?http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2011/03/shock-and-awe-in-libya-why-not-iran.html
Because Iran can sink our aircraft carriers.
Israel is going to have to fight their own war against Hizballah.
Neo-colonialism on the march! Party like it's 1849 baby!!
1984
Oceania has always been at war with Eurafrica.
Right on, my neo-colonial friend. After this round we merely need to imply invasion and we can have all the oil we can burn
Why is every Hummer owner sticking a "FOR SALE" sign on their petrol-guzzlers? I feel sorry for those people. They thought cheap oil was forever. Has anyone seen the Hummer limos? Vomit break.
It always amazes me how stupid people. First they sell out and then it kicks them in the ass and then they're surprized.
It's about this
http://www.google.com/publicdata?ds=wb-wdi&met=sp_pop_totl&idim=country:...
need ... to ... make ... that ... line ... flat ...
Morons
Wait, the troops "loyal" to Gaddafi at the front were enslaved into the army and are now being massacred by the West as a way to protect other people? Sort of sounds like Iraq in 1991.
Game changer...
Blowback expected, Gaddafi armed civilians with 1 Million guns according to libyan state news agency.
One million guns without triggers?
Gaddafi's last chance is to get to Benghazi, a large population center and drag the war for months where it becomes very difficult for the allies to use air power alone .
Daffy's finished! There will be nowhere for this sick bastard and spawn to hide!
Word up to Gaddafi: "Logistics" -- get you some!
New Stalingrad.
If Saddam Hussein had distributed a million guns to "his people" about this time, in 2003, the people of Iraq might have taken care of the situation themselves. Gaddafi might consider if he is sure which end of the guns he will be looking at...
I said it before and I'll say it again. They got the UAE and Qatar to "join" in the operation, two country who's armies never fired a shot in their lives, as a cover when pictures of dead women and chidren are broadcasted all over middle east's tv screens. The stupid Arab League didn't even read the UN resolution which calls for "All Means" which is a blank check to detroy the country as they did in Iraq before in order to "protect" the pilots flying the planes.
+1
It's also why Obama loudly said no US ground troops: "Don't go shouting rape at us"
I honestly believe this time the US didn't really want to get involved in this but was pressured by the French and others who have more stake in Libya.
I find it humorous how all of the US haters are now climbing out of the woodwork.
We did not even want to be involved and the haters hated us for ignoring the plights of the Libyans.
Now that we are involved, somehow we are the bad guys.
Getting a fkn life.
haha - as I've written in a German forum. "If you get involved, they'll hate you. If you don't get involved, they'll hate you." Priceless.
Maybe it's that annoying habit your government has of being completely full of shit.
That would be every Government. I am begining to think that people just want something to hate.
The US is just the easiest and most convenient.
Oh yes and your government is full of angels. Get your head out of your ass once in a while
Hehe. Nobody does a thing without the US 100% behind it. US fleet got sent to Libya before the issue of no fly zone came up. When that didn't work aggression was the only option. And what we have now is a perfectly coordinated effort like Iraq and Afghanistan. Nobody launches 100 cruise missiles reluctantly. But US needs to appear not more guilty than anyone else, you understand. Might upset the neighbors
Can you imagine Q disguised as a humble arab woman in her mobile tent walking into Benghazi where his very smell sends the camels berserk and on raving rampage; hiding out the present campaign...in humble incognito... Hum, apart from the hard time he will have repressing his very male instinct to shout "Sieg Heil" at the drop of a camel turd, he will be boiling in his under-wear looking for bunga-bunga solace. No nurse these days to wank him to sleep. Miserable life for a dictator on the loose who wants his goose, like a raging gander-daffy- duck.
Bandar Bush, under house arrest since 2009 for a coup attempt, popped up in Beijing a few days ago asking for strategic assistance.
Those 60 billion in weapons?
SMOKESCREEN
what will whats left of the commuting sheeple do with no gas?
I think every king and dictator now understands that they rule (serve) at our pleasure and the power and wealth they hold is dependant upon our sponsorship and nothing else so they better all start sucking our dick fast. We are their master and they our vassal because we have bigger guns and bombs and we love to use them even more than they do. They've been lulled into a false sense of security while we quietly consolidated our power but now we are the only super power and no one can stop our oligarchs from conquering every nation on earth and taking what is rightfully theirs. (everything) Kind of makes you nostolgic for the Soviet Union.
Now understands? Hehe. They got in cause we put them there. They always get a little carried away and too big for their britches and it ends badly: Shah Reza Pahlavi, Noriega, Suharto, Somoza, Pinochet, Batista, Diem, Papadopoulos, Marcos, Trujillo, Duvalier, Doe, Hassan II, Martinez, Zia Ul-Haq, Videla, Salazar, Park, Cerezo, Cordova, Botha....to name a few
Thats an impressive list. I can't even remember half of them.
Even the State Dept losing track, I think. The history of brutal pro-US puppets is long and covers most of what we used to call "the third world", now sanitized to "emerging markets" ie: places where they got things we want
JFK...
One particularly vile bastard worth a mention is Stroessner of Paraguay...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfredo_Stroessner
So right. Completly forgot that asshole. I'm writing all these names on my dartboard today.
Add Hitler and Mussolini to that list.
Hitler is arguable, what with Ford, Standard, GM, Kennedy, Bush....
Mussolini was probably too early (1919/20ish) for US influence. The Euro boyz, thats another matter.
Agreed. Hitler had ample support from US industry, including steel, oil, auto, finance and chemicals. It didn't stop on the day after after Pearl Harbor either. It went on until October 1942 when the Trading With The Enemy Act froze funds and ended trade. A clique of powerful US corporations, financiers and politicians were at the center, names very familiar to all: Prescott Bush, Henry Ford, JD Rockefeller, Allen Dulles, Averil Harriman and companies like Standard Oil, Texaco, Dupont, GM, Chase Bank and Brown Brothers.
Franco was also helped by the clique and by Hitler when the chips looked down during the Spanish civil war.
Are we still at peace with Antarctica?
Don't Emperor Penguins have..dictatorial tendencies?
The natives don't fight back.
So that means we're at war then?
No; It means they are like cats.
we can't relax as long as Russia shares the continent with us
Don't forget China. Maybe it's time to rewatch SPIES LIKE US.
I wonder how Q's Ukranian nurse feels about these developments. "My poor Q baby, all alone in his tent with no-one to give him massage and booster injection when he wants solace from Cruise missile aggravation. Only I know how to put his personal Cruise missile on automatic control. My poor Mushi, how he must miss me...".
The Ukranian nurse is a CIA/KGB double agent.
She must have been well trained for both double and triple play on a rainy day.
I'm worried about her too, anyone have her facebook?
I would search Qaddafi's list but I unfriended him last week.
I want to send her a nice message of encouragement and some links to pics of me with my shirt off.
Arab League was for the intervention before they were against it. - Ned
Arab League
Wern't they a pop band in the 80s?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPudE8nDog0
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Flexibility means never having to say what the mission is.
Mission accomplished is always the beginning.
flexibility is the key to indecision
According to sky news, Mr Mussa expressed different views in his arabic statements compared to his english comments. The arabic version included more criticism.
"Invader's Remorse: Arab League Now Criticizes Western Attack On Libya"
Gotcha! You're it--and no tagbacks...
Is it possible to photoshop one of our high tech missile launching ships painted out like a Nascar race car? Maybe some chevron, Exxon etc. logos plastered everywhichway? williambanzai7 can something like that be done ? Let's keep it real if we can folks.
EDIT: Almost forgoet GS, JPM etc. logos need to be stickered in there somewhere too.
+1
Now Russia is saying that the force used last night was excessive, such a cowardly move to abstain from the original vote and then complain about it afterwards. They knew what was going to happen from the start!
Of course they did. They just didn't share it with our child-like leaders.
It is embarrassing watching Putin play with Obama like a cat with a mouse.
Listen to George Carlin speak the truth that America wouldn't be so hot for war if its men wouldn't think of guns and other weapons as extensions of their manhood:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1_bvXMlxHs
Psychobabble might be as destructive to a nation as treason. Sell that shit to the morons, and metrosexuals.
Are you so fucking ignorant that you think Zero Hedge is populated by the insecure boys you run with on your campus?
My dick brings me pleasure, my weapon brings me freedom and my F250 brings me the ability to haul lots of lumber.
Perhaps if you had ever fought for, or built anything, you would get that, you well propagandized fool.
I guess this means that you're a Zio-Con warmonger like Bill Kristol who loves getting your rocks off gunned down Muslims. Then again, if you're anything like Bill Kristol, you're too much of chicken hawk to put yourself in harm's way.
http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/david/bill-kristol-calls-us-ground-forces-libya
You really don't know me.
If you really want to get at the essence of what is happening in Libya right now, from an intellectual perspective related to the remorse felt by the Arab League, watch this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjoH4L4SNz8
Hey, hey, George Carlin used to be funny, sometimes.
You can be assured that Russia has assets in the region. In fact, there is a strong possibility that Russia has preempted this ridiculous, telegraphed military campaign with a stepped-up covert presence. Vladimir Putin is perhaps one of the most clever politicians to ever grace the world stage, and after watching what he did to that Khodorkovsky fella, I don't doubt for an instant that Putin knows exactly what the game being played here is, and what the stakes are.
14:37 20Mar11 --Russia says Western strikes kill Libyan civilians
MOSCOW, March 20 (Reuters) - Russia called on Britain, France and the United States on Sunday to stop air strikes against what it said were non-military targets in Libya, saying the attacks had caused civilian casualties.
"In that respect we call on countries involved to stop the non-selective use of force," Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said in a statement.
Lukashevich said 48 civilians were reported to have been killed and 150 wounded in the air strikes, figures that matched those given early on Sunday by Libyan state TV. He said strikes had destroyed a medical facility, roads and bridges.
"We believe a mandate given by the U.N. Security Council resolution -- a controversial move in itself -- should not be used to achieve goals outside its provisions which only see measures necessary to protect civilian population," Lukashevich said.
Next comment will be from china...
looks to me like Sark, Cam and Oba just got snookered by Putin and friends
And it appears as if Angela Merkel is in Putin's camp.
WWIII started ten years ago when the twin towers were hit.
It has taken almost ten years to really get the ball rolling, but now that it is, you had all best be prepared.
Germany doesn't want to end like Catharge.
"Bertolt Brecht found in Carthage a metaphor for German hubris: "Great Carthage drove three wars. After the first one it was still powerful. After the second one it was still inhabitable. After the third one it was no longer possible to find her."
Germany is an amazing Country.
I hope as this whole thing explodes that those crafty Germans will be on the Western side. Would be nice to fight side by side with them for once.
You sound like a brazilian girl playing beach volley ball...butt rubbing hand shake...
uh.....ok.
When it comes to football you are wrong. Eleven against eleven and it's always Germany who wins!
did you miss the last world cup? When you say 'always' you mean not since Brazil got good. :P
I'm just taking the mickey out of his german modesty...Brazil was NUMBER ONE until Spain...took the crown.
Twin Towers and WTC7 were a planned demolition. It's been almost ten years and you still bought and hold on to Cheney's propaganda.
I think we need to reconsider this whole pro-democracy thing when you consider how well it's worked out for us in Iraq and Afghanistan. Maybe a good ole dictator re-shuffle is what we really need in Libya </Sarc>
He has been there since 1969, why didn't the US put him down sooner? The US has had plenty of opportunities. We should just stay out of other people's business. We don't need to be the police of the world. Democracy can't be forced, and in any case, we aren't a deomcracy, we are a republic. Democracies always fail.
http://common-cents-economics.blogspot.com/
Hey, it's the Arab League. Give them another day and they'll change their mind to whatever suits their purpose at the time.
The whole Arab League thing always reminds me of the last scene in Lawrence of Arabia when the war was over and the different tribes were trying to figure out who ran what. Bloody funny scene.
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/video/sky-news-video/Video/201103315956...
When we said protect civilians in Libya with a NoFly Zone we didn't say to bomb civilians in Lybya
If WWII was fought by these same standards of making sure you don't go near their so-called 'civilians', even though these same critics say jack shit when 'civilians' friendly to our interests are bombed, we'd all be speaking German and Japanese right now.
Invader's remorse? I don't think so. The clever Saudis have got France and the US to clean up yet another mess for them.
The clever Saudis are not going to look very clever to you in a few days.
I dont know why you were junked for that. I agree, how many more Bahranian protesters/democracy campaigners need to die at the hands of their opressors before they too recieve `protection`?
This reminds me of my kids. They ask for something, then a couple minutes later they don't want it. Lesson learned... Don't ask for something unless you really, REALLY want it.
Perhaps we have too many countries, I should think seven or eight would suffice for a planet this size.
I've got a better idea.
How 'bout we tear it all down and replace it with a social contract that doesn't demand its citizens swear blind allegiance to a rectangular piece of cloth.
I'll never understand this misplaced sense of nationalism which is based upon arbitrary geographic boundaries that were deliniated almost 100 years ago.
Ah well, humanity is overdue for an Extinction Level Event anyway. Let's just expedite things a bit, shall we?
What we need to see is more parade-in-the-streets of newly freedom-drinking Iraq from Murdoch's tabloid to quell this anti-campaign rhetoric down a bit.
I heard Iraq is going to open a Disney soon, already planning on a family vacation there...maybe Fall recess.
Don't miss the Whore of Babylon attraction. I hear once you have seen it you will vote republican or democrat forver. Hahahahaha
Before that you need videos of small Iraqi children waving little paper American flags as our troops and tanks roll by.
Cool. And is there a statue of Gadhafy somewhere we can pull down?
actually Tokyo Disney has some good promos on - timely opening of a new Disney attraction "The China Syndrome"
Sarkozy...We're here to help the Libyan peoples... by bombing them.
Dégât indirect ? I don't see no stinking collateral damage????
Wesley Clark and the Truth about the Middle East
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8H6RomGjJM
Oh gee, Wesley Clark , a guy who one day several years ago said, oh my, I am jewish and I didn't even know it...Well shazaam...
http://www.realnews247.com/featured_story_wesley_clark's_jewish_connection.htm
oh, is that the same Wesley Clark that was involved in the illegal and unconstitutional seige and death and destruction of the people at the Branch Davidian church at Waco, Texas.
http://www.apfn.org/apfn/clark.htm
Also the same pinhead that tried to get British forces to occupy the airport at Kosovo, during the Serbian conflict, even though the Russians were there and were occupying it also. The British general Michael Jackson, told Clark to go fuck off.
http://www.realchange.org/clark.htm
You mean that Wesley Clark???? So he is going to talk to me about truth now huh? ha ha ha
is it the man or the statement made by the man
that you are so comfortable dismissing?
Gadaffi has many friends in Africa. I think he will call in some markers now. This will turn into a Africa vs. the European colonial powers , uno mas tiempo.
No verified civilian casualties as a result of no fly zone! So STFU russia and arab league. And certainly fewer than killed by G(oofball) just in the last 2 days.
G(oofball) is toast.
Civilian casualties in Western strikes on Libya - state media
http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/civilian-casualties-in-western-stri...
Oh so you want verification before you will believe it huh? So tell me. Did Saddam Hussein have WMD's yes or no?
Do you even know the answer to that question?
Over 200 cruise missile into a large city and no civilian casualties? You must be a US version of Baghdad Bob
Is the fact that the european media is saying there are no human civilian casualties the result that europeans do not consider Libyans (or non-arians for that matter) human?
Awesome!
Frog view....
OK till one thinks about it....
No Human Civilian Casualties?
Just animal, vegetable and mineral civilian casualties. And that makes it OK.
Fucktards
This is what multi-national-latteralization does. Gets us more places than we can get ourselves with even a poorer understanding of why we're there than we might otherwise have, led by nobody in charge who cannot agree with anything amongst their proud to be a member sort of until things start to go wrong within the undefined coalition of sorts.
But fuck it, can be home for dinner, anti-depressants and professional therapy a short flight across the Med after a hard days bombing.
http://www.smh.com.au/world/children-join-human-shield-in-support-of-nos...
Can't wait to see the futures tonight.. A sea of Red excluding. oil, pm's.
The mkt hasn't priced in this much mayhem.. still goldilocks .
not so fast just wait till the 5pm ET unconfirmed reports of Daffy's death
A little QE3 should be enough to buy off any new leaders in post-war Libya. Then we can all go back to deriving our SUVs.
Arab League aka Autocrat-R-Us does not like how the coalition is bombing one of their own.... what a surprise! :)
Well K-Daffy Duck is going to arm his citizens. He is going to dig in and make this war drag out as far as possible. The no fly zone is not going to make Daffy leave. The only hope to make him leave is to kill him and his family,or send in ground troops. The Eurotards want Daffy Duck gone but if this air campaign lasts for another month then they will either give up or send in ground troops. The best they can do is to send in military advisors in eastern Libya to train and arm the rebels. However if they do this the war would last far too long and Libya would be divided in two. So the UN globalist dumbasses have no idea what is their endgame is. The rebels themselves are not a unified force. They are just composed of jihadist,seperatist,defecting soldiers,regular citizens etc. So bombing Libya for the next two weeks will not make him leave. They would have to try to kill him and his family. This coalition is already showing cracks and its only the second day.
I guess the Arabic league don't even know what they want.
They want no-fly zone because they want to support rebels, right ? But rebels are still losing it because of tanks.
If Arabic league want the rebels to win, why not take advantage of the support from UN. Get rid of the air fields, planes and tanks, and let the rebel fight the bloody ground war.
I'd say that's spot on.
The resolution imposes a no-fly zone. That would be enforced, and you would not fire until fired upon. That would be the normal rules of engagement.
Unless we're going "pre-emptive".
The irony is that the "allies" will end up being guilty of what they are supposedly trying to stop.
It’s this kind of asshat stupidity that the Ponzi makes possible.
I would say thats complete horseshit. You expect the American and allied forces to fly through hails of anti aircraft missiles? Daffy cant be trusted, he is a loose canon and practically a certified nut job....hold on, i just realised i am about to try and reason with a person who mentions global ponzi manipulation to hammer a point home. Sorry, my mistake.