Welcome to City-Data.com Forum!
U.S. CitiesCity-Data Forum Index
Go Back   City-Data Forum > General Forums > Politics and Other Controversies
 [Register]
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
View detailed profile (Advanced) or search
site with Google Custom Search

Search Forums  (Advanced)
Reply Start New Thread
 
Old 07-16-2011, 07:34 AM
 
29,981 posts, read 42,930,375 times
Reputation: 12828

Advertisements

The US (and other Western countries) apparently believes so.

United States recognizes Libyan rebels as legitimate government - The Washington Post

Quote:
— The United States granted Libyan rebel leaders full diplomatic recognition as the governing authority of Libya on Friday, a move that could give the cash-strapped rebels access to more than $30 billion in frozen assets that once belonged to Moammar Gaddafi.

The rebels’ Transitional National Council “has offered important assurances today, including the promise to pursue a process of democratic reform that is inclusive both geographically and politically,” Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said in an explanation of the decision to other foreign ministers.

Wasn't it repeatedly reported that al-Qaeda part of the rebel forces?
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message

 
Old 07-16-2011, 07:40 AM
 
Location: North Cackelacky....in the hills.
19,567 posts, read 21,868,498 times
Reputation: 2519
LOL...one way for the warmonger in power to make everything nice and 'legal'....

Expect the party faithful to totally ignore this.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 07-16-2011, 07:45 AM
 
45,225 posts, read 26,437,203 times
Reputation: 24980
Obama the decider.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 07-16-2011, 07:46 AM
 
Location: Florida
76,971 posts, read 47,621,806 times
Reputation: 14806
Quote:
Originally Posted by lifelongMOgal View Post
The US (and other Western countries) apparently believes so.

United States recognizes Libyan rebels as legitimate government - The Washington Post
?
Good. Now they can send the confiscated Ghadaffi funds to the rebels and they can take care of business.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 07-16-2011, 07:49 AM
 
Location: Sango, TN
24,868 posts, read 24,386,012 times
Reputation: 8672
Look at a map of Libya.

Find Tripoli, thats what Quaddafi controls, and he is running out of weapons.

Now look at all of the rest of Libya, thats what the rebels control.

Now, who is in control of Libya?

What this Libyan engagement proves is that NATO is weak without us, and that we should scale back our military so that Europe pulls their own weight.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 07-16-2011, 07:49 AM
 
Location: Tampa Florida
22,229 posts, read 17,853,377 times
Reputation: 4585
Quote:
Originally Posted by lifelongMOgal View Post
The US (and other Western countries) apparently believes so.

United States recognizes Libyan rebels as legitimate government - The Washington Post




Wasn't it repeatedly reported that al-Qaeda part of the rebel forces?
It was speculated, but not much evidence of any big involvement. Unless you add in the people who still hate Bush. It will take generations to fix that.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 07-16-2011, 07:52 AM
 
Location: North Cackelacky....in the hills.
19,567 posts, read 21,868,498 times
Reputation: 2519
Quote:
Originally Posted by Finn_Jarber View Post
Good. Now they can send the confiscated Ghadaffi funds to the rebels and they can take care of business.
What makes the rebels the legitimate government,apart from those nations who support the rebels saying so???
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 07-16-2011, 07:53 AM
 
Location: Sango, TN
24,868 posts, read 24,386,012 times
Reputation: 8672
Quote:
Originally Posted by oz in SC View Post
What makes the rebels the legitimate government,apart from those nations who support the rebels saying so???
Same thing could be said of Israel right?
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 07-16-2011, 08:13 AM
 
Location: North Cackelacky....in the hills.
19,567 posts, read 21,868,498 times
Reputation: 2519
Quote:
Originally Posted by Memphis1979 View Post
Same thing could be said of Israel right?
No,because this is about Libya.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 07-16-2011, 08:17 AM
 
Location: Great State of Texas
86,052 posts, read 84,472,986 times
Reputation: 27720
This legitimizes our bombing of the country.
Now imagine if some other country recognized some US militants as the legitimate US government over the elected officials in DC ? "Oh that could NEVER happen....."

Well we just did it to Libya.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.

Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.


Reply
Please update this thread with any new information or opinions. This open thread is still read by thousands of people, so we encourage all additional points of view.

Quick Reply
Message:


Over $104,000 in prizes was already given out to active posters on our forum and additional giveaways are planned!

Go Back   City-Data Forum > General Forums > Politics and Other Controversies
Similar Threads

All times are GMT -6. The time now is 07:58 PM.

© 2005-2024, Advameg, Inc. · Please obey Forum Rules · Terms of Use and Privacy Policy · Bug Bounty

City-Data.com - Contact Us - Archive 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 - Top