Libya Evacuation Efforts by Chinese, Brits, Russians Surpass America's; Will Media Hold Obama Administration to Account?
During the Bush administration, the media perpetually pounded on news developments that highlighted real or imagined incompetence and/or the low regard with which the administration was held in foreign capitals.
But with the Obama administration's poor handling of the Libyan crisis, the MSM have been strangely mute.
Take for example the evaucation of American expatriates from Libya.
Hundreds of Americans crammed aboard a solitary ferry boat may not be able to leave Libya for Malta until tomorrow, the British paper the Daily Mail is reporting.
What's more:
[W]ith Libyan authorities still refusing to let American chartered aircraft land in Libya, there are growing calls for the U.S. military to join the evacuation effort.
The President has been under intense criticism for his silence on bloodshed in Libya, with speculation that Colonel Gaddafi has intimidated the White House into silence by blocking the evacuation of U.S. citizens.
With dozens of other countries managing to evacuate their citizens, critics have demanded the President take a firmer stance to get U.S. ex pats out.
Indeed, the Chinese, the British, and the Russians have had greater success in evacuating their nationals thus far.
Even so, the mainstream media so far have yet to highlight the stark difference between the evacuation efforts by the Obama administration and those of other countries. Indeed, one gets the impression that some journalists are all too ready to accept the administration's excuses.
Indeed, as I noted yesterday, in a February 22 article, Washington Post staffers Mary Beth Sheridan and Scott Wilson lamented that the "U.S. struggles with little leverage to restrain Libyan government":
As Libya's government brutally cracked down on demonstrators Monday, the Obama administration confronted a cold truth: It had almost none of the leverage it has exercised in recent days to help defuse other crises in the region.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton condemned the violence in Libya on Monday evening, and said the United States is "working urgently with friends" around the world to pressure the government of Moammar Gaddafi. "Now is the time to stop this unacceptable bloodshed," she said in a statement.
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I really want to say something, but...
Submitted by pockets64 on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 12:55pm.
I would be banned for life from this site if I say what is really on my mind regarding this administration's ... AAARRRRRGHHH!!! I can't even summarize and keep my sanity!
Um, it's 3 a.m. and the phone call has been made
Submitted by Blonde on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 1:01pm.
This time, it didn't go to the answering machine.
The line has been disconnected, you see, the bill hadn't been paid....since this Administration has been spending and spending and spending and not paying its bills.
Obama's handling of Libya is pathetic. There's no other word for it.
Handy Reference Guide to Obama's Gaffes and Goofs ~ Currently Numbering 200 (and Counting)
Ahh the 24 hour party line is up and running.
Submitted by upcountrywater on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 1:22pm.
. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama will host "The Motown Sound: In Performance at the White House,"
WTF... Winning The Failure
Sheryl Crow, will be there sharing her Libyan TP plan/ save the rolls.
You Didn't Build That.
Nero partied as Rome burned..
Submitted by jkwtrading on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 4:25pm.
Nero partied as Rome burned..
It's pathetic!
Submitted by c5then on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 1:02pm.
Is it possible for anyone to be as incompetent as this administration?
While the middle east is melting down and Americans are in danger, this administration is thinking about gay marriage.
Madison and Jefferson and Franklin built a Republic - Roberts killed it!
Yes it is
Submitted by Spoker on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 1:34pm.
It most certainly is possible for this administration to be this incompetent and screw up so many things. However, it is just not a case of unintentional incompetence. It is must be a case of being carefully calculated and very much intentional. If it were not, basic grade school odds teaches us that were they plainly and simply incompetent and making random mistakes they would get a far greater number of things correct than they have to date. And the thing that should really scare the American votes is that they will get just enough "right" by the time the election rolls around that the voters that voted them in the first time will be hoodwinked into believing that they have finally learned what they are doing and will elect them a second time. PT Barnum was right, wait and see!
Will we end up talking about Libyan hostage crisis
Submitted by RESTLESS 1 on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 1:04pm.
Under carter 2.0 here? Things are getting outta hand, and here we are stuck with yet another incompetent liberal regime. This is going to get much worse. 2012 can't get here fast enough.Yup, 100% probability - it's just a matter of when
Submitted by SickofLibs on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 1:16pm.
The only upside is that the Wuss will then be a guaranteed one-termer.
What more could America ask
Submitted by Miss_Me_Yet on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 1:08pm.
What more could America ask from the first affirmative action presidency, other than please God never let it happen again.
Liberals ... we can't live with them, they couldn't survive without us ...
I'll 2nd that
Submitted by Blonde on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 1:12pm.
Pathetically incompetent on every front.
Handy Reference Guide to Obama's Gaffes and Goofs ~ Currently Numbering 200 (and Counting)
No, not incompetence
Submitted by jon_torlin on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 1:29pm.
It's not incompetence.
The Americans are not important to this Muslim from Kenya(again, quoted by Kaddaffy Duck).
We already know he could care less, so he won't try very hard. It's not incompetence, it's indifference.
Just yet one MORE reason to run this sumb!tch out on a rail.(like all others)
-Jon
B: not on every front. He's great at parties and vacations.
Submitted by SickofLibs on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 1:29pm.
Motown Party tonight at the White House!
Starring legendary Motown artists Nick Jonas, Sheryl Crow, Jamie Foxx and a host of other old-schoolers!
Oh, yeah, and Smokey Robinson... can't figure out how he made the cut.
But what will FLOBAG wear? Check mrs-o.org tomorrow for all the skinny!
"But with the Obama
Submitted by Van Halen on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 1:14pm.
"But with the Obama administration's poor handling of the Libyan crisis, the MSM have been strangely mute."
The JournOList media have been mute for two years while Barry takes the country into the toilet. You can't point this out enough:
- Our economy is wrecked. Media silent.
- Our foreign policy is a disaster. Media silent.
- Obama's own Democrat Party in shambles having lost 700 seats. Media silent.
- Middle East burning, Obama off to Motown party. Media silent.
- Sarah Palin goes shopping for new glasses. Media - All Hands On Deck! In Uproar!
Van Halen...read my tag
Submitted by Blonde on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 1:20pm.
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Handy Reference Guide to Obama's Gaffes and Goofs ~ Currently Numbering 200 (and Counting)
ain' that the truth..
Submitted by jkwtrading on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 5:44pm.
ain' that the truth..
God forbid anything happen to those people
Submitted by IgnatzJFahrquar on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 1:18pm.
whether it be a hostage crisis or worse. All it takes is K'Daffy Marble Brains to want to meet Allah in a blaze of glory or a rogue mercenary group ... Obama and the Dems could kiss it all goodbye. The outrage would bring impeachment front and center.
I pray that slow boat to Malta gets going ASAMFP.
And the...
Submitted by LastKnownOne on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 1:25pm.
And the shocker is....?
Ah, The STEEL SPINE Joe Biden
Submitted by WarEagle66 on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 1:26pm.
Ah, The STEEL SPINE Joe Biden told us we would see.
Just bust-a-move for Motown Obama! Keep it real my brotha, yo!
It is not his spine that is made of steel.
Submitted by NL207 on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 1:29pm.
It is his cranium.
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Submitted by NL207 on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 1:29pm.
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that scar
Submitted by jon_torlin on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 1:30pm.
That would explain that scar on the back/side of his head.(not to be confused with backside even though we know he's an ass)
-Jon
Will Americans be held
Submitted by Beukeboom on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 1:29pm.
Will Americans be held hostage as a direct or indirect result of the Obama regime's ineptitude in the middle-east situation? Will Obama (a.k.a. -- "Carter 2.0") wind up with hostages being held in some middle east country like Lybia (a.k.a. -- "Iran Hostages 2.0")? It appears Obama is just as clueless as Carter was in a similar situation.
Help
Submitted by Agnostic on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 2:06pm.
"It had almost none of the leverage it has exercised in recent days to help defuse other crises in the region." - Can someone explain what the WH has done to defuse crises in the ME. Did the President Obama call the MB and tell them that their sermon in Egypt was exceptional and that opening the strip for weapons trafficing was the greatest idea in modern times? And in turn they promised to wait until an 'election' was held before they seize control.
We aren't really a superpower anymore, are we?
Submitted by Dave. on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 2:11pm.
I have seen enough.
I'm ready for the Articles of Impeachment.
This goober of a former community pisser-offer has to go.
Now.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
Sure we are Dave, its just
Submitted by bassndude on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 2:17pm.
Sure we are Dave, its just that the one that sits in the oval office is sorry we are and wishes we were not.
Talk about trailer trash. That is what we have in the white house.
Save a SeAL, club a liberal/troll!!
One has to give credit to the embassy in Lybia
Submitted by troglodyt on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 2:15pm.
They really care for the pets of ex pats.
Will you offer your services for the req'd pet "reconditioning"?
Submitted by SickofLibs on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 2:29pm.
"Pets transported to Malta must meet stringent European Union requirements."
I heard that American cats are the most difficult to transition to the socialist mindset.
Dogs just go with the flow.
I'll inform the authorities
Submitted by troglodyt on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 2:34pm.
that they need to set up cat reeducation gulags.
Malta.....Can't be as bad as Hawaii.
Submitted by upcountrywater on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 2:37pm.
Scroll down to Countries/Islands to avoid.
Hawaii (different from the rest of the U.S.) (see below)
United States - Including US Virgin Islands (St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas) and Puerto Rico - But Not Including Hawaii - (For Hawaii See below) Pets taken out of the United States and returned are subject to the same requirements as those entering for the first time.
You Didn't Build That.
Whoah. You could become a US Citizen easier than
Submitted by SickofLibs on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 2:45pm.
getting a dog into Hawaii.
However, dogs leaving can win the future
Submitted by upcountrywater on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 2:52pm.
You Didn't Build That.
As usual, we never know if you are trying to dig or support.
Submitted by The Vet on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 10:49pm.
The treatment of pets after hurricane Katrina in evacuations are of heightened concern. This country passed a law to ensure people can evacuate with their pets. Many people refused to leave as pets were not allowed to go with them. And abandoned pets were a large issue after the hurricane.
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, approximately 8,000 animals were rescued and brought to temporary shelters set up at the Lamar-Dixon Exposition Center in Gonzales, Louisiana, or the Parker Coliseum at Louisiana State University.[8]
Most helicopter pilots and rescue boat captains refused to load pets in order to hold more people. Many families in the affected area refused to evacuate without their pets. While some field hospitals allowed pets to enter with their patients, those who were evacuated from the Superdome were not allowed to take their pets with them.[9]
One case that attracted national attention was that of Snowball, a small white dog made famous by coverage of an Associated Press reporter, who said, "When a police officer confiscated a little boy's dog, the child cried until he vomited. 'Snowball, Snowball', he cried."[10][11] The story of "Snowball" became a centerpiece in fundraising appeals by welfare organizations and various ad-hoc websites were created by people soliciting funds to help locate Snowball and reunite him with the boy.[12]
Rescue teams were set up in the worst hit regions in response to desperate pleas from pet owners. Horses posed a particular problem, as they are easily stranded and cannot stand in water for long periods of time. Rescue agencies set up shelters and tried to find homes to adopt pets lost by their owners. Rescue centers were becoming overwhelmed in the days immediately following the hurricane. Several online resources were set up to give rescue groups, individuals, and businesses from around the country a centralized venue to publish their offers and requests for helping the animals displaced by Hurricane Katrina. Most of the 10,000 fish at the New Orleans Aquarium of the Americas died because the backup power ran out after four days.[13] Most of the marine mammals and a large sea turtle survived. The Audubon Zoo lost only three animals out of a total of 1,400 due to good disaster planning and location on high ground.
The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) in conjunction with the Louisiana SPCA and many other groups, had hundreds of staff and volunteers working in Louisiana and Mississippi. As of September 20, 2005, 6,031 animals were rescued and 400 were reunited with their owners.[14] An estimated 600,000 pets were killed or left without shelter as a result of Hurricane Katrina.[15]
Inspired by the story of Snowball,[16][17] US Representative Tom Lantos (D-California) introduced the Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards Act to the House of Representatives which would require states seeking FEMA assistance to accommodate pets and service animals in their plans for evacuating residents facing disasters.[18] The bill passed with an overwhelming majority on May 22, 2006.[19]
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Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards Act of 2006
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I sincerely hope you are not making a dig. I have heard on one of the talking head show from a guy that would not leave on his company's chartered flight from Egypt. The reason, they refused to bring his dogs.
I know Newsbusters covered
Submitted by kareling on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 2:31pm.
I know Newsbusters covered this one already, but at least according to Diane Sawyer of ABC News, it's much more important that America is at the very bottom when it comes to providing maternity/family leave, than it is at the bottom of getting our citizens evacuated from Libya.
We're buying shrimp now.
Submitted by LAM SON 719 on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 3:51pm.
We're buying shrimp now.
Ferry, cross the Med Sea.....
Submitted by Pilgrim1949 on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 5:45pm.
....aberrant musical flashback.....
Fitting for our administration, fondly reliving its halcyon hippy days (daze?) of yesteryear...
Figures the only solution this totally bungling administration could come up with would be a ferry.
"O" seems to have a new-found affinity for those just this week.
Anyway.....
Our administration's Smart Diplomacy solution to a rabid pack of attacking dogs would be to extend its hand and softly recite over and over again, "There, there, now.....nice doggy, niiiice lilttle doggy!"
As a USAF aircrew water survival instructor told us during a class session regarding sharks and such, when someone asked if it was true that you could attempt to deter an attacking shark by sharply punching it in the nose the instructor smiled and said:
"Sure. Once with each hand!"
Our administration -- handless and footless in its approach to stemming the terrorist tide.
"Watta country, watta country!"
"Ye canne change the laws of physics....." but some politicians believe that with the right legislation you can pretend they don't really apply to your own pet projects...
Allen West said
Submitted by GW on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 6:13pm.
a weak America is bad for the entire world.
[I was in a meet & greet when he said that to us, so I don't have a link or anything beyond my word as an eye witness.]
How long before the rest of the world collapses, too? Taiwan, South Korea, ...
You mean ...
Submitted by NL207 on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 6:18pm.
gets overrun by the forces of tyranny.
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Submitted by NL207 on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 6:18pm.
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