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Libyan Rebel Commander: 'Cut Gaddafi's Throat, Then Establish an Islamic State'
2011-04-05
From PJ Media, so just the teaser here:
While American intelligence experts search for "flickers" of jihadist involvement in the Libyan rebellion, a French reporter on a brief visit to eastern Libya had no problem finding numerous jihadists on the front.
Original French report here.
I have the impression there are two groups rebelling: the eastern jihadis who've caused Qadddafi trouble before, and the educated youth of the cities, who are feeling their generational oats along with their fellows in the rest of the Arab/North African world.
Posted by:Steve White

#20  I must complement Besoeker for his many postings. I have found your work very creative and original. I like your writing style. This was a creative moment to express something I believe he feels strongly about. Things like this will happen time to time. We just reflect upon it and move along.
Posted by: Dale   2011-04-05 19:33  

#19  'Jamahiriya'- "in theory, governed by the populace through local councils; in practice, an authoritarian state. This is EL Quaddafi's strength but most of this rebel group fail to recognize it. Forty years he has worked this way. It is the Arab way. The blood hate would last for generations should the rebels win some portion of that country.
Posted by: Dale   2011-04-05 19:05  

#18  I'm in agreement with Secret Master. I've never said boo against those who monitor this site, but "hard against the line"??? Please. Maybe its time for the AoS to have some of TW's relaxing tea.
Posted by: remoteman   2011-04-05 16:26  

#17  Emoting? Cold and calculating sounds more like it. They just don't always calculate very well.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2011-04-05 15:53  

#16  One of these days I'm gonna start a website called "Patriotic Chickens" but I doubt most people will get the reference.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2011-04-05 15:26  

#15  You are correct, they deserve a better treatment. My apologies to Canis lupus familiaris everywhere.

You know, I know this will probably get me the usual "tisk tisks" followed by parental lecturing, but since when did Rantburg become Politically Correct Burg? Why not let the man speak his mind? He's not making a death threat, using profanity, or calling for the overthrow of the duly elected government of the United States.

What then, exactly, is the harm?

I know I'm not the most regular poster here, but I've been a citizen of the 'burg almost since the beginning. People used to really RANT here. Now we just sort of cluck at each other like pithy chickens.
Posted by: Secret Master   2011-04-05 15:11  

#14  But if Besoeker is going to reference IEDs to try to justify the use of language like 'emoting bitches' it's fair to point out that the women in question did not push involvement in Afghanistan, but in Libya - the subject of this article.

Not a mind reader, but I assume that Besoeker is referring to their role in the tightening of ROE's in Afghanistan and the diversion of air assets to Libya, both of which could result in higher casualties.
Posted by: Zhang Fei   2011-04-05 14:59  

#13  Yes, I know where Besoeker is posting from. And I know the costs to military families of our current wars. I've buried a few friends and ex-students myself over the last few years.

But if Besoeker is going to reference IEDs to try to justify the use of language like 'emoting bitches' it's fair to point out that the women in question did not push involvement in Afghanistan, but in Libya - the subject of this article.
Posted by: lotp   2011-04-05 14:23  

#12  lotp, Besoeker is supporting Afghanistan at the moment. I assume "the kid from Omaha" is not theoretical.

Besoeker, I know a slice of imaginary melktaart and chamomile tea won't help much, under the circumstances, but that and my tears for the kid's voluntary sacrifice to keep us safe are all I have to offer. Along with my prayer that it will turn out not to have been in vain.
Posted by: trailing wife   2011-04-05 13:01  

#11  IEDs are killing our troops in Libya, Besoeker?
Posted by: lotp   2011-04-05 12:29  

#10  Is it a case of better the devil you know?
Posted by: Black Bart Phuling7750   2011-04-05 12:17  

#9  Roger, got it 5x5. However, you simply can't reassemble a 19 year old kid from Omaha, who's just stepped on a pressure plate IED for his country. In fact, you oftentimes can't find his weapon or anything below his upper chest. Please forgive me if I get a little carried away about "community organizers" and ...concerned others who have no skin the game and never will, ordering these young kids off to failed foreign misadventures and death. It just doesn't sit well with me.
Posted by: Besoeker   2011-04-05 10:43  

#8  Besoeker: you're hard against the line here. Rein it in.


AoS
Posted by: Steve White   2011-04-05 07:52  

#7  Real class.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2011-04-05 07:15  

#6  You are correct, they deserve a better treatment. My apologies to Canis lupus familiaris everywhere.
Posted by: Besoeker   2011-04-05 07:04  

#5  Besoeker, drop the 'emoting bitches' bit please. It's worse than offensive - it's inaccurate. If you think Samantha Power and Hillary Clinton are emoting, you're greatly underestimating their commitment to the transnational leftist agenda.
Posted by: lotp   2011-04-05 06:33  

#4  Amongst a few "flickers" and rounds of golf, obama calmly decides to pull the plug on the US kinetic No-Fly effort. Appears the telling CIA morning brief and frantic, follow-up Surface to Air missile updates, have come just in the nick of time. "Flickers" have now become blinding flashes of the obvious. Next time quit listening to the emoting bitches, tell Gates to do his phueching inter-agency homework, and keep Clapper close at hand.
Posted by: Besoeker   2011-04-05 05:31  

#3  I have the impression there are two groups rebelling: the eastern jihadis who've caused Qadddafi trouble before, and the educated youth of the cities

Lets hope Qadaffy's mercs can kill them all, so Allan can sort them out.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2011-04-05 02:32  

#2  Seems like time for a few friendly fire incidents.
Posted by: Zebulon Thranter9685   2011-04-05 02:31  

#1  A zero sum game no matter how you rack it up. Cept Gaddafi was co-op in keeping these scumbags from killing our Soldiers in Iraq. Well, whatever.
Posted by: newc   2011-04-05 00:29  

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