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| Gadhafi urges support for 'wise' and 'peaceful' Obama |
| 2010-04-18 |
| Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi has urged global support for the "peaceful" policies of "wise" US President Barack Obama in his pursuit of a world without nuclear weapons. "I appeal to everyone to give Obama time and to support his policies, as long as his program remains peaceful," Gadhafi told a gathering late Thursday in a huge tent erected in the desert near the eastern coastal city of Sirte. He was speaking during commemorations marking the anniversary of the bombing by American planes on April 15, 1986, of Tripoli and the eastern city of Benghazi which killed 41 people, including Gadhafi's adoptive daughter. Then President Ronald Reagan ordered the raids in retaliation for the bombing blamed on Libyan agents of a Berlin disco in which a US serviceman was among three people killed. "We have confidence in our son Baraka ["chance" in Arabic] Obama and, if he continues his wise and peaceful policies, we will help and support him so that they succeed," Gadhafi, dressed in white suit and black shirt, told the crowd of around 1,000 people. At the same time, the Libyan leader urged Washington to change its policies toward the Palestinians so as to garner support in the Arab world, saying "the Arabs hate the US" because of its support for Israel. He said Obama "should abandon his naive solution" to the Middle East conflict through his support for international peace efforts which aim to create two separate states -- one for Israelis and one for Palestinians. Such a solution, Gadhafi said, has "no chance of succeeding." Instead he proposed the creation of a single democratic state for Israelis and Palestinians -- an idea floated before the UN General Assembly last September. US-Libyan ties have been improving since 2003, when Gadhafi renounced the pursuit of weapons of mass destruction and agreed to compensate families of the victims of the 1988 plane bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 Gag-inducing. |
| Posted by: Whiskey Mike 2010-04-18 12:22 |
| #6 When our enemies give him praise,there can be no doubt... |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2010-04-18 12:22 |
| #5 Who? I mean I know this Quedaffy guy but who is he talking about? Seriously for a minute, this is what is called faith based politics. You know, if we all just wished or prayed hard enough then, tadah!, Obama will become it. Suspension of reality, its made fun of in a form called Arab Street, to believe 5 opposing ideas before noon is for the newbies. But, the common theme for said opposite ideas believed is self service otherwise known as whats in it for me. Its how one justifies a handout or unprovoked aggrevement. "Its not that I'm a shithead, its that this other person won't give in order to let me be." Ignoring the case that if said shithead were the other person they would be complaining of mooching but again, its about the self lazy attitude which victimization so easily mines. IMHO. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2010-04-18 12:06 |
| #4 The mint is probably designing a new sprocket for him as we speak... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2010-04-18 11:35 |
| #3 Are these the accolades that Obama has been so desperately seeking? In a word: yes. Criticism from Israel, UK, etc. and approving noises from the likes of Gadhafi, shows that he's on the way to righting the historic wrongs of America and the West. He still needs to do some more work to get the Iranians on side, but he'll do what it takes. Once the oppressed non-whites are content, multi-polarity is in place ('whether we like it or not the US is a military superpower') and Evil Whitey can't boss anyone else around any more, his work here will be done. And the world will be a peaceful place, like a utopian village where the sun always shines and maybe everyone talks Chinese. Basically some kind of c*** like that. |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2010-04-18 09:19 |
| #2 Now there's another rousing endorsement by a another dictator. Like the old joke says: "Take our president for example, PLEASE!" |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2010-04-18 09:07 |
| #1 Are these the accolades that Obama has been so desperately seeking? |
| Posted by: whitecollar redneck 2010-04-18 07:56 |