Clinton: Violence in Libya 'Completely Unacceptable'

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Was she listening to herself speak? Didn't we just have a major political protest in this country during the health insurance legislation fiasco? Didn't the Democrats trash the Tea Party people who were also demanding "more open, more accountable, and more responsive government?" Did the US government "engage peacefully and positively in addressing their demands and to work to respond to them?" And didn't "the gap between people and governments . . . only grow, and instability " only deepen? Didn't the feds act against Arizona in its lawful attempts to protect their citizens? And where was she when the feds not only fired on Americans - they burned men, women, and children alive at Waco? And what are Democratic legislators doing in several states right now? Refusing to engage. . . The difference between Ghadafi's gov and DC is only in degree.
And did you know we're giving foreign aid to SOMALIA, while they're hijacking and killing Americans?

Maggie Church of TX 10:42PM February 23, 2011

The Obama Administration is fumbling America's response to the Middle East uprisings and revolution. Worse, we have managed to alienate the protestors, we have failed to assure our allies in the region as we have failed to draw a distinction between reformable governments like Bahrain and despotic dictators like Muammar al-Gaddafi.
All this may seem explicable if this were 3 a.m. in the morning, but now it's three weeks later, and the Obama Administration still seems flat-footed. Hillary Clinton's statement, only partially reprinted above, doesn't even mention Col. Gadaffi even though it was he alone who ordered his military to turn and slaughter his own people. The rest of the world must be watching and wondering about America and our multi-faceted tin-eared president.
When Joe Biden said that Hosni Mubarak wasn't a dictator, I didn't blink. When Robert Gibbs said that our own ambassador to Egypt, Mr. Wisner "don't represent the views of the administration," I was only somewhat concerned. Then when the Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said that the Muslim Brotherhood had "eschewed violence" (only to be contradicted by the FBI director), I got worried. Now, with Hillary's statement, on top of the many pontifications by the president himself, the US looks confused.
We started off on the wrong foot in the Middle East with Obama's "Apology Tour," and made our position worse by our ineptness during the June, 2009 uprising in Iran--when it took President Obama eight days to say anything. Now, we still don't know what we are doing.
I long for the days of Sec. of State Rice and the Bush "Freedom Agenda." It wasn't that long ago that the US and the world knew where we stood on the question of freedom, liberty, and justice for all.

Sherlock Holmes of NH 12:42PM February 23, 2011

HAS THE VOICE OF FREEDOM IN THE WORLD GONE SILENT IN THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION?
It is totally astonishing that Obama is 'seeking approval from Libya to remove Americans from the country'! WHEN DID WE START GETTING APPROVAL FROM A TYRANT TO SAVE THE LIVES OF PEOPLE – OUR OWN PEOPLE??
As each day goes by, Obama manages to set new depth records of a FAILED PRESIDENCY!

PappyHappy of CA 7:42AM February 23, 2011