Friday, February 25, 2011
Media Demonizes Gaddafi as Pentagon Prepares Attack
As we reported yesterday, the United States has specific instructions to intervene militarily in Libya under the cover of providing humanitarian assistance.
Less than 24 hours after our report, the Pentagon has announced it is looking at “all options” in dealing with the Libyan crisis. In short, it is drawing up plans to intervene.
“Our job is to give options from the military side, and that is what we are thinking about now,” a Pentagon official told CNN. “We will provide the president with options should he need them.”
“This department is always doing prudent planning for any number of contingencies,” Pentagon spokesman Col. Dave Lapan told reporters. “The president said yesterday that the United States is discussing with allies and partners a full range of options regarding the situation in Libya. But we are not going to discuss what any of those specific options might be.”
Obama Press Secretary Jay Carney dressed up the coming military attack as “a range of options on how to protect American citizens in Libya and compel the Libyan government to stop attacking its own people,” according to CNN.'
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Hmmmmm, I just read on Wikipedia that "Libya is one of the 10 richest oil producing countries."
ReplyDeleteSo, that immediately explains why America would take a keen interest in "intervening militarily"
They always seem to sit up and take notice of conflicts wherever the oil is, don't they?
Wow, I remember that Lockerbie bombing vividly....that was very wicked, but I hope this isn't a ploy to start a war, because anyone can be paid to say anything these days.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, why has he waited for 23 years to confess that?