The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age
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    Prez fixin' to make his bones with Ghaddafi. It ain't "R2P", it's "Better listen to me..."

    By jollyroger on Thu, 05/26/2011 - 8:10pm |

    As the obvious makes itself manifest even to the dimwits at the NY Times, can we help marvelling at the seductive power of the whisper heard in every presidential ear "You are the most powerful man in the world--rulers that don't kiss your ass may not be rulers for long, if you feel twitchy..."

    Apparently, as soon as a President of the United States hears himself say "he's gotta go" about some other head of state, he begins to feel disrespected if the guy wakes up tomorrow still in charge of anything bigger than a closet.

    I will confess to a momentary failure to associate a "regime change" with Carter, (that's why they hate him at Free Republic.) but otherwise, every president has at least one scalp going back maybe to Grover Cleveland.

    I bet they start laughing at the ex presidents' reunion when you go too long before your first regiime change.

    I will confess that growing up (here I may date myself...) I assumed that it was given that any regime sufficiently odious to U.S. interests in general, and the US President, in particular was about to experience change.

    Anyway,  Prez is about to get his first kill.

     

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    Yeah; Cameron was the pitbull, allowing Obama to ratchet down the rhetoric.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Qn-ZBjrST8


    by we are stardust on Thu, 05/26/2011 - 8:59pm

    I just wish they would quit the hypocrisy--as soon as you propose to intrude upon the sovereign monopoly on the legitimate use of force, you have set your feet down the path of regime change (assuming the offended sovereign doesn't lay down and die)

    That being the case, let's all cede sovereignty upward and get on with it (world government. that is)


    by jollyroger on Thu, 05/26/2011 - 9:06pm

    There's gotta be a whole lot more killin' afore we git to dat hommes.


    by miguelitoh2o on Thu, 05/26/2011 - 10:09pm

    Study war no more?  as if...


    by jollyroger on Thu, 05/26/2011 - 10:29pm

    Hypocrisy?  This is humanitarian... er...freedom...  But just think: we have exactly one thing in common now with Great Britain.  (Hint: What is it good for?)


    by we are stardust on Thu, 05/26/2011 - 10:32pm

    It seems that some brits are irritated because Prez spoke to kindly of the French..Where is Monty when we need him...?


    by jollyroger on Thu, 05/26/2011 - 10:43pm

    With 412 house members voting 'no boots on the ground', will the metrics change? ;o)

    http://news.firedoglake.com/2011/05/26/libya-cease-fire-offer-regarded-c...


    by we are stardust on Thu, 05/26/2011 - 10:59pm

    Today it's "no boots on the ground"  In six months when we're going house to house in Tripoli, "support the troops"...


    by jollyroger on Thu, 05/26/2011 - 11:45pm

    so much for a responsability to protect

    by jollyroger on Sat, 03/24/2012 - 8:39pm