According to Limbaugh, Obama's "excuse" is that he wanted to get American citizens living in Libya out of harms way before he took decisive action.
And that frankly makes sense to me. Sure, there were apparently only 167 US citizens in Libya, but did we really want them seized as hostages by Khadaffy - or by the protesters. It's not like it was 40 years ago when no one dared target American citizens because they knew the hammer would fall. Now, with the rise of suicide bombers, of course they don't care. The more deaths - even of their own - the better.
Anyway, this makes sense, but of course Rush cannot praise Obama for anything, so he gets in a dig because the captain of the ship that was supposed to take these Americans to safety, stayed in port for 3 days because of rought weather. So of course Rush blames Obama for hiring a boat that's too small.
Now, come on, Rush! By this constant put down of every single little thing Obama does, you're really hurting your credibility (and Republicans credibility) with Dems and Independents over why we are so down on Obama. Criticize him when necessary, but don't nitpick on picayune things like the fact that the only boat available to evacuate American citizens had a captain who didn't want to risk his boat in rough seas. If the ship had sunk, you'd have criticized Obama for hiring a boat with a foolhardy captain!
On the other side of the Obama issue, foreign policy, Fareed Zakaria, not happy with the way Obama's dealing is Libya. This was yesterday afternoon on CNN's Newsroom. The anchor Brooke Baldwin was speaking with Fareed Zakaria GPS host Fareed Zakaria, which would make sense that Fareed Zakaria GPS host was Fareed Zakaria. And the anchor said, what should the US be doing with regard to Libya?
ZAKARIA: The Libyan case mystifies me. This is an anti-American regime, a rogue country, a sponsor of state terrorism. He's butchered his own people and is now in the process of, effectively, a kind of massacre of his own people. Why would it be so difficult to have a stronger position? And I don't think there's much need for consultation. What are you gonna talk to Sarkozy or Cameron about? This country is immune to sanctions, it has very little trade. All President Obama needs to do is to get to the White House podium and call publicly for the end of the Khadafy regime.
RUSH: This assumes, Mr. Zakaria, that we have a traditional president in Barack Obama. I mean, most people do think that the president of the United States would stand up for freedom-loving people everywhere around the world; we're the beacon of hope for freedom. And now even some of his big supporters: "Where is he on this?" And the excuse the White House is putting out on this, by the way, is, well, Obama hasn't evacuated all the Americans out of there yet. 'Til he gets all the Americans out of there, he's not gonna agitate the Khadafy regime. Really? Well, they're even botching getting Americans out of there, and you only get the news from the UK Daily Mail: "Team Obama Botches Libya Evacuation." They chartered the wrong boat to get Americans out of there. It's in the UK media.
RUSH: Once again we have to go to the UK to get news like this. The UK Daily Mail: "'Team Obama Botches Libya Evacuation, Charters Wrong Boat' -- Hundreds of Americans trapped aboard a rescue ship that was too small to sail in rough weather have finally left Libya this morning. The 167 stranded U.S. citizens have been holed up on the Maria Dolores since Wednesday, as rough weather has prevented the ship from leaving. The Dolores left Tripoli at 6:37 am EST and is expected to reach its destination port of Valetta, Malta at around 3:00 pm EST. ... Tony Munoz Editor of shipping magazine The Maritime Executive said: 'I don't understand why this vessel didn't leave earlier - The Maria Dolores is a new vessel built for Mediterranean seas. I can only imagine the captain was refusing to sail because he felt the vessel was not capable enough of taking the sea on. "
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