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The Wages of Short-Sighted War Are Rape

By: Repair_Man_Jack (Diary)  |  March 24th, 2011 at 11:26 AM  | 

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The murder and rape of Black African migrants in Benghazi (East Libya) reduces the value of anti-Qaddafi rebels’ claim to justice.

– Baruti M. Kamau (The Barutiwa Daily Times)

We should all responsibly cede that US President Barack Obama would not deliberately seek out and ally America with an army that used rape as a weapon for vengeance and psychological intimidation during non-conventional warfare. Yet, according to many newspapers throughout the world, this is true of the rebels our airstrikes over Libya currently support.

This pathetic farce has come to pass because The Obama White House rushed into war. They did so in a unilateralist, shoot-‘em-up, cowboy fashion. They made no effort to understand the indigenous culture or the situation on the ground. White House Spokesman Jay Carney gives us a glimpse of how this tragic misapplication of US force has come to pass.

Jay Carney, the White House’s spokesman, said on Thursday that the US government had reached out to Libyan opposition groups, but that it was still in the process of finding out “what their vision is, who they represent, what their ideas are and where they would take Libya in a post-Gaddafi future”.

(HT:Iamaghanian.com)

The White House, which is already leading bombing missions against forces loyal to Libyan Dictator Gaddafi, attempts now to meet The Libyan Rebels. It would be nice to find out who they are. The LA Times offers us some possible details of just who we risk the lives of our military personnel to support.

Across eastern Libya, rebel fighters and their supporters are detaining, intimidating and frequently beating African immigrants and black Libyans, accusing them of fighting as mercenaries on behalf of Kadafi, witnesses and human rights workers say.

(HT:LA Times)

So President Obama puts down The March Madness Brackets in a peeved fit of pique. He grows tired of being bugged by “That Woman” over at The State Department, or the finely-coiffed Cracker-Boy President of France. His Majesty dashes off a poorly-formulated order to fix this Bleep-Bleep Libya Mess in a manner reminiscent of a tippling English King telling his rake to rid him of “That Meddlesome Priest.”

Like Henry II, Obama I uttered his commands with no more thought to the outcome than I have when I swat a mosquito. This profoundly unpardonable dereliction of duty has put American Airmen in the line of fire as our President packed his bags for his latest “Diplomatic Mission” to paradise. In so doing, he displayed the baronial arrogance that this US President could just about trademark with the PTO.

But meanwhile, the Libyan Rebels remind us of why war must be carefully planned and thoroughly researched prior to opening the latches that secure Hell’s gates. Barack Obama failed to plan. He had a (redacted) tee-time or something. Taking his adorable children to see Mayan Pyramids was far more important than getting American foreign policy right. Our finest jet aircraft and Tomahawk Missiles fly in support of bigots, rapists and reprobates hunting down Black Africans. It makes one fine legacy for America’s first African-American President.

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  • http://jhpruitt.blogtownhall.com/ kipling

    From a military standpoint, the war is a fool’s errand. The administration has not only failed to define its objectives. It has allowed numerous members of the administration to issue contradictory objectives.

    According to Clausewitz, war is an extension of policy. But we don’t have a policy. Instead the Obama administration has embarked upon a military adventure in the hope of securing some political capital or at least to deflect criticism that he is disengaged.

    I have been surprised by the number of conservative pundits and commentators who support the action in Libya. Why do they support such an ill conceived and poorly defined mission that will only exhaust our military further and lead to more debt with that promise of little or no gain?

    • http://theminorityreportblog.com Repair_Man_Jack

      These people HAD to know, after the DRC fiasco, that this was coming.

      • http://jhpruitt.blogtownhall.com/ kipling

        I am sure this is something obvious but I am at a loss right now.

        • http://theminorityreportblog.com Repair_Man_Jack

          Democratic Republic of The Congo. Ongoing Human Rights Tribunals, UN Peacekeepers accused of getting their rocks off at rape camps.

          • http://jhpruitt.blogtownhall.com/ kipling

            Obama in Libya reminds me of Wilson’s policy toward Mexico prior to WWI. He had no definitive objective but used the military on several occasions – Veracruz and the Pershing Expedition – in the hope of achieving success.

  • http://pocketchangeproductions.net/ anotherindyfilmguy

    Then impeach the O.

    But then the House and Congress doesn’t have the spine to do it, they’d rather see the US entangled and strangled than do what is morally correct if that involves any political hardship for them.

    • YnotNOW

      We’re in it now, for better or worse. Just because O didn’t think out what our objectives and end-game would really look like, doesn’t mean that we should abandon what is started. We’ve stirred up the hornet’s nest, and now must deal with the problem we’ve made worse.

      Which requires us to define objectives and the means to achieve it, as well as project with some confidence what will happen in Libya afterwards.

  • http://www.FranBaker.com frankieb

    Just completely ignores this. As well as anything that might make this BOzo in the WH look bad. (The only thing that’s made me smile about him is his getting locked out.)

    • http://theminorityreportblog.com Repair_Man_Jack

      we can throw his sorry butt out and change the locks.

  • andystone

    of how much thought Obama has put into this that they show him in pictures, giving the order to go in from a tent somewhere in Brazil with a telephone in it. This when the Pentagon has spent hundreds of millions of dollars to build ultra-sophisticated Situation Rooms from which the Commander-In-Chief can exert his command with all proper information. Probably if they took pictures of Qaddafi ordering his military they would also show him in a tent with a telephone in it.

    • http://theminorityreportblog.com Repair_Man_Jack

      except for killing time and collecting memories. He will pass from this world unmourned by most who know him very well. People like him have a tendency to do so.

      • earlgrey

        I hope some people are giving more thought to who they elect and even associate with. Yes. Character matters. When Obama was campaining the thing that bothered me most was how obvious it was that he had so much more reverence for himself than for the country and the office he was trying to get. He is the only campaign that I recall where he placed himself above everything in a way.

        I remember in my early twenties a family tragedy that made me look at people in a totally different way. It changed the course of my life and resulted in me making better choices for myself.

        Not everyone will have such an experience, but it would be refreshing to see more discussion on the qualities that really matter in a person.

  • godrick

    Life was supposed to get better for women in Iraq after the ousting of Saddam. The reality has been rocketing rates of rape, murder, domestic violence and infant mortality, reports leading US writer Katha Pollitt.
    Monday, 05 May 2008

    http://www.equalityiniraq.com/articles/74–you-can-come-upon-womens-bodies-anywhere-qthe-guardianq

  • 2warabnvet

    Hmm, “pathetic farce”. I think that pretty well depicted the situation.

  • aldutt9mm

    obummer is just useing this to take our eyes off the economy and his plan to ruin the econonmic stability of this country…he want us to become a one world economy along with his buddt soros…IMPEACHMENT NOW PLEASE before its to late if it isnt already….

  • http://www.walkerprise.com KingstonJW

    That I was baited to read this article first on my list was a credit to its form. But it isn’t true.

    With another outcome, an antagonist might have written, “for the failure of moral courage, thousands were tortured and killed.” That might not have been true either but it rings like it could be true enough to drive otherwise misdirected commentary. That is the case here.

    The truth is there are known and unintended consequences to action. You have guessed by now I generally support this intervention but am vey critical of team Obama’s execution of leadership, clear or even consistent messaging, and focus. It should have been done sooner instead of dithering about.

    I also don’t really care to much who leads the aftermath. The French, Italians, and British have long historical influence in the area and if they want to put this together after stabilization, then that is just fine with me. In other places you might call this delegated responsibility.

    I liken Libya to not walking by a rape in public. It was a grievous crime in progress to either ignore and enable or intervene and take the risk. There is no time to apply the Powell doctrine in such matters, there is only time to make a few immediate decisions. Is the emergency bad enough to require immediate intervention? Do I have the capability and capacity to intervene and stabilize, or do I need back up? Then engage as quickly as you can to stabilize and reduce risk until you can figure things out.

    Now… there are people who would say that Gaddafi’s threat to have no mercy and go door to door killing hundreds if not thousands of protestors was not a significant enough threat to intervene. That is at least a debate to have. But to blame intervention for other crimes simply muddies the water.

    • papakilo

      But where is the Congressional authorization for your brand of intervention? Yes, it is long past time the Mad Colonel was made accountable for his acts of terrorism against the United States, but the use of American forces requires fidelity to The Constitution. Why is it so difficult for people to wrap their minds around that concept?

      • http://www.walkerprise.com KingstonJW

        I agree that this intervention will test the principle of Congressional authorization, which will be debated and likely clarified. I don’t have any problem with this debate as it needs to move forward.

        I also agree that in execution our Commander in Chief, President Obama, has totally mucked this up.

      • http://www.walkerprise.com KingstonJW

        Mark Levin discusses the requirement to consult Congress and would likely prove beneficial to readers here.
        http://www.facebook.com/notes/mark-levin/so-much-educating-to-do-so-little-time-to-do-it/10150116640995946

    • http://theminorityreportblog.com Repair_Man_Jack

      The man had no clue what he was getting into. He did it in response to political, not moral pressure. He doesn’t care what happens afterwards, he just wants to garner credit, punch the “responsible leader” ticket and then get out.

      I in no way lied in writing this entry. It reflects my true and genuine beliefs about both President Obama’s moral character and his approach to leadership. I furthermore resent your insinuations that I did.

      Either demonstrate, with factual information, that I have misstated Barack Obama’s intentions here or apologize in a gentlemanly fashion. That is all.

      • http://www.walkerprise.com KingstonJW

        The writer is apparently a bit sensitive to rational criticism. If you require an apology to move on, then I offer it. It does not; however, change the logic. And I note you again exaggerate your argument by suggesting I accused you of lying. I did not. I think you used inflammatory journalistic technique to bait a discussion and the statement is not necessarily true, which means I can think you are wrong without believing you intentionally lied. I suspect you know that.

  • papakilo

    “This pathetic farce has come to pass because The Obama White House rushed into war. They did so in a unilateralist, shoot-?em-up, cowboy fashion. They made no effort to understand the indigenous culture or the situation on the ground.”

    Umm, wrong Erick. It is my opinion that Barack Obama and especially his advisors, understood exactly what they were undertaking in Libya…..it is part of a systematic creation of worldwide chaos. We Americans have been lamenting what we understand is the systematic dismantling of our Constitutional form of government. Our collective nearsightedness has prevented us from perceiving the larger scope and reckless ambition of the cabal that knew from the get-go that America would be the perfect engine to use to drive worldwide conquest for the communists and George Soros.

    • http://www.thejoyofreason.com Greg Garrison
  • edingerb

    “This pathetic farce has come to pass because The Obama White House rushed into war. They did so in a unilateralist, shoot-?em-up, cowboy fashion.”

    I dislike Obama as much as any other conservative in this country, but this statement is out of left-field. We listened to Erick and the rest of our noble Obama watchers criticize him for his lack of action in Libya (and the rest of the Middle-East revolts) for several weeks. Many commentators were harping on the fact that his lack of action earlier in Libya had cost the rebels their victory and assured their defeat. Now they are all saying that it will be nearly impossible to win due to the late-coming assistance by the Obama administration.

    Obama teetered around and waited for the Arab League and France, along with others, to beg us to impose the no-fly zone (in other words, declare war) on Libya.

    It may very well be another example of his ineptitude, but two things are certain, there was no “rush” and it was not “unilateral.”

    I agree with the rest of your analysis. There is no consensus on a defined objective within the administration. It is a great big waste of resources which is endangering U.S. forces. It will also be very costly over the long haul, especially if the rebels succeed in ousting gadafi (since no one else seems to be able to spell it, why should I try?)

    This all could have been expedited years ago (even before al-Qaida had a stronghold on the Middle East) with one well placed lead projectile.

  • http://theminorityreportblog.com Repair_Man_Jack

    This is why I think it was rushed and unilateral. The US was bombing targets in Libya before we, the British and THe French had even figured out why.

    Also, Obama launched this against the express wishes of his Sec Def and JCoS. Furthermore, his interaction with COngress was minimal. He just decided it would happen and “Fiat Lux!”