Mealy-mouthed Obama's spineless response to Gadafi's reign of terror

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The Obama Administration’s spineless response to Colonel Gaddafi's reign of terror

By Nile Gardiner World Last updated: February 23rd, 2011



What is the White House’s strategy on the Libyan crisis? ...there isn’t one...., the US government has been remarkably meek on Libya. Like the EU, .. stuck in classic deer in the headlights mode, offering little more than mealy-mouthed statements condemning the state-sponsored violence against anti-government protesters on the streets of .. key Libyan cities, which has already claimed at least 1,000 lives.

.. Barack Obama’s .. remarks today on Libya were distinctly underwhelming and non-confrontational, offering little beyond a carefully worded expression of outrage... And both failed to even mention the man behind the reign of terror ...– “Mad Dog” Gaddafi, ....

.. historic moment. One of the most brutal, evil and anti-American tyrants of our time is facing a massive popular revolt that is threatening to finally remove him from power . .. not a time for fence-sitting or navel-gazing from the world’s only superpower....
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President Obama is already being outflanked by Nicolas Sarkozy, who has taken a far tougher line on Libya than his US counterpart. It is hugely embarrassing when even the French are doing more to confront a murderous dictator than the ... leader of the free world.
Frankly, President Obama makes Jimmy Carter look like General MacArthur by comparison. The US administration needs to wake up from its slumber and start showing some real leadership on the world stage in place of its existing milquetoast foreign policy.