Of course you knew that no matter what President Obama did in regards to Libya, right-wingers were going to slam him for it -- damned if he did, damned if he didn't. But few have been quite as naked in their two-faced hypocrisy as Newt Gingrich.
Via George Zornick at ThinkProgress, here's Gingrich giving Greta Van Susteren his prescription for dealing with Libya two weeks ago, on March 7:
Exercise a no-fly zone this evening. Communicate to the Libyan military that Gadhafi is gone, and that the sooner they switched sides the more likely they were to survive. Provide help to the rebels to replace him. I mean, the idea that we're confused about a man who has been an anti-American dictator since 1969 just tells you how inept this administration is. They were very quick to jump on Mubarak, who was their ally for 30 years, and they're confused about getting rid of Gadhafi. This is a moment to get rid of him. Do it. Get it over with.
… We don’t need to have the United Nations. All we have to say is that we think that slaughtering your own citizens is unacceptable and that we’re intervening.
Then there he was last night on Fox News with Sean Hannity:
HANNITY: So, did he make a mistake by not seeking Congress' authorization, and do you view that as a violation of the War Powers Act?
GINGRICH: Well, no, the War Powers Act technically gives him 45 days. But it's a violation of common sense.
And then he went on Today this morning with Matt Lauer and actually said he wouldn't have intervened:
GINGRICH: The standard [Obama] has fallen back to of humanitarian intervention could apply to Sudan, to North Korea, to Zimbabwe, to Syria this week, to Yemen, to Bahrain. … The Arab League wanted us to do something. The minute we did something, the Arab League began criticizing us doing it. I think that two wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is a lot. I think that the problems we have in Pakistan, Egypt — go around the region. We could get engaged by this standard in all sorts of places. I would not have intervened. I think there were a lot of other ways to affect Qaddafi. I think there are a lot of other allies in the region we could have worked with. I would not have used American and European forces.
Of course, what else do you expect from Newt Gingrich? If nothing else, we can always count on him to explore new depths in naked hypocrisy.
Not sure about Gingrich in this case, but the Libyan case is complicated.
Early on there was really just talk about a no fly zone, and the Arabs even asked the UNSC to enact one. Germany and other UNSC members supported that.
Shortly thereafter, Gaddaffi was on the verge of victory. Even less than 24 hrs after the resolution was enacted, his troops were in the process of capturing Benghazi, the rebel 'capital'.
Several governments in the UNSC knew this in advance (remember the CIA head's remarks) and came to the conclusion that the UNSC should allow for more than just a NFZ. They got a resolution that allowed to protect civilians with force.
This pretty much means that Gaddafi is not allowed to win, since every single of his soldiers/mercenaries/militiamen advancing on a rebel town is free for fire.
The Arab governments who asked for a NFZ backpedaled, and several UNSC members kinda rejected this far-reaching resolution as well (by abstaining from the vote).
The U.S. government has its own very, very far-reaching interpretation of the resolution - nothing new here.
Now if anyone was in favour of a NFZ but does not like what's happening now in and over Libya, there's a good chance that he or she didn't flip-flop at all.
Granted, Gingrich's choice of words was not good at all (neither is he).
and turned white, it would be hilarious watching all these bastards scrambling to get to the tanning beds.
Humpty Dumpty was pushed.
they have never overturned the war powers act
the far left and the far right are all insane....and lack basic skills of comprehension
and this includes that little gnome with the hot wife
with impeachment (well, in a sorta back-handed kinda way....):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Adpa5kYUhCA
"The US has an army of 90,000 soldiers in Afghanistan and is spending $100bn a year, but has still been unable to defeat 20,000-25,000 Taliban who receive no pay at all." - Patrick Cockburn
It's not like he has a dog in the impeachment hunt, though. Oh, wait a minute....
He is an extremely lucky man that no one seems to remember on any given day what he said the day before. He has less consistency than a mental patient with eight split personalities.
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you are a horses pa-tu-tie.
....the fools do not realize,a population that can ,..... not paticipate .............in the 'economy'...,can not keep it viable!..........."we are listening,.......and we're not blind.,......this is your life....this is your time."
there is only the constant attacking of the POTUS and the left. It's all politics all of the time with scum like Newt.
Newt said...
Did Newt mean to say...
How could you equate the poor Arab League with Republicans?!?
THAT'S MUSLIM-BASHING!!
“The greatest evildoers are those who don’t remember because they have never given thought to the matter, and, without remembrance, nothing can hold them back,”
whiplash, here, dude.
“The greatest evildoers are those who don’t remember because they have never given thought to the matter, and, without remembrance, nothing can hold them back,”
Requiem for the Libyan people, conducted by Mr. B Obama, featuring the latest prima donna, Newt Gingrich.
"Someday somebody related to some of these sufferers, these victims, these collaterally damaged souls, may try to kill you. And I have to tell you, I think you’ll have it coming." - Christopher Cooper
http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2011/mar/1...
“The greatest evildoers are those who don’t remember because they have never given thought to the matter, and, without remembrance, nothing can hold them back,”
John McCain tweeted in August 2009, "Late evening with Col. Qadhafi at his "ranch" in Libya - interesting meeting with an interesting man."
"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people." ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
Disaster Capitalism.
The Failure to Stand Up to Evil Leads to Insanity, Poverty and the Loss of All Our Rights
"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people." ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
That's right. Stand up folks! Wisconsin showed us how. Now let's get busy. Do something. today!
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
Gingrich cares about two things and two things only, himself and his 'cookies'. He isn't fulfilled unless he can screw somebody for profit each and every day - his cookie. They don't come any more shallow.
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
just so he can be impeached when he gets a "hummer"
Karma is a bitch, Gingrich. And she collects what is owed to her!
have elevated the 'cranio-anal inversion' to a new level.
What a nasty sack of fermented monkey shite Gingrich is.
I could have sworn that I saw his nose growing.
'Talk to the hand'
He has the mentality of a second grader.
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
research what this nitwit had to say when Bush Co. took Qadhafi off of his terrorist list in order to allow his oil buddies access to the sweet sweet oil. I would bet anything Newt never cameclose to saying
" I mean, the idea that we're confused about a man who has been an anti-American dictator since 1969 just tells you how inept this administration is." Gingrich islike a turd PEZ toy, everytime he opens his fat mouth a freash turd pops out just like candy. No offence to PEZ.
OK Newt so you're a candidate for Pres now. Excellent. Please , please, please do not shut up for even a half of one day before the election. Talk, talk, jibber jabber, do not stop. Say any old bullshit that pops into your withered old cheatin mind. Hell bang some more babes and then talk some more. Flip then flop then flop then flip. Divorce a wife or two. Bang some old hosebag...or two. Then talk some more. Then flip, then flop. Tell a boat load of lies. Then deny ever saying anything. Get turgid over Snow Grifter. Bang a stranger. Lie about it.
Then when you're tired of yappin sit back and watch the compilation reel of every ignorant thing you said in the last year compressed into a 1 minute commercial played 24/7 everyday for a month before the next election. Then go bang a hobag. Repeat this whole process for the rest of your life.
Strobes
age, we have easy access to video footage showing proof of their lies and hypocrisy?
Strobes
What is somewhat surprising is that Newt has not attacked the president for being monogamously married for many years and the father of children who worship their dad.
"Respect for the rights of others is peace." --Benito Juarez
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