UN authorizes `all necessary measures' in Libya

[Docfeelgood]

It is not the size of the support but, how you use it.

[germanos]

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[Al B. Sure!]

The Gadhafi regime:


I'm sure I'm missing a lot, too.

Why stop there? And Ghaddafi's son?

Bah! How about the Libyan dictator himself?

Intimate with Berlusconi:


He's doing a "this guy" pose with Berlusconi!


So close with Blair:


Buds with Sarkozy:



And look! WHO IS THIS?!



IS THAT FORMER CANADIAN PM, PAUL MARTIN?!

SAY IT AINT SO, ASHER!!!!

[Asher]

Paul Martin

And Berlusconi, Blair, and Sarkozy...are you trying to make a point that only notorious douchebags meet with him?

[Al B. Sure!]

Ah... let's see...

http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2011/02/22/john-ivison-embracing-gaddafi-was-canadas-shame/

EMBRACING GADDAFI WAS CANADA'S SHAME

The Liberal government knew Gaddafi was unhinged when it started playing footsy with him. In 1999, economic sanctions were lifted after Libya made two suspects of the Lockerbie bombing available for trial and agreed to pay compensation to the victims’ families. By 2004, prime minister Paul Martin was in Libya breaking bread with the old pariah in his tent in the desert, while two camels mated noisily outside.

Mr. Martin tried to rationalize his visit to Tripoli, claiming it was about rewarding Gaddafi for a “fundamental shift in position” away from terror and toward the league of nations.

In reality, it was a trade mission to make the case for Canadian companies, just as Libya was getting ready to fling open its doors to foreign investment in its oil industry. The scramble for North African oil saw more than 40 companies flood into Libya, including BP, Chevron, Exxon Mobil, Royal Dutch Shell and Canada’s Petro-Can. As the oil industry flooded Libya with petro-dollars, the Gaddafi regime bought jet aircraft, machinery and wheat from Canada. SNC Lavalin, the Canadian engineering giant, has since been awarded a $450-million contract to develop part of a water system that will transport potable water from the southern Libyan desert to the Mediterranean coast. In trade terms, Mr. Martin’s gambit was a complete success — bilateral trade has risen from zero in 2006 to nearly $300-million.

Canada, best buds of Gaddafi... if the money is right, I guess

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Yeah that didn't last long: Libyan rebels in Benghazi celebrate UN's historic no-fly zone vote

[Docfeelgood]

Be nice.

[Asher]

Ah... let's see...

http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2011/02/22/john-ivison-embracing-gaddafi-was-canadas-shame/

EMBRACING GADDAFI WAS CANADA'S SHAME



Canada, best buds of Gaddafi... if the money is right, I guess

Focusing on Paul Martin's follies is pretty hilarious.

[germanos]

Yeah that didn't last long: Libyan rebels in Benghazi celebrate UN's historic no-fly zone vote

Sure. But your cartoon needed some perspective.

[DinoDoc]

Sure. But your cartoon needed some perspective.

That the Libyan people can't manage it alone?

[Docfeelgood]

I wonder if quacky Ghaddafi really knows what is going on?

[Al B. Sure!]

Paul Martin

And Berlusconi, Blair, and Sarkozy...are you trying to make a point that only notorious douchebags meet with him?

You're the one criticizing America for meeting with him. Canadian PM's have done the same.

[Asher]

You're the one criticizing America for meeting with him. Canadian PM's have done the same.

And I criticize HIM too (singular, not plural). I guess you haven't seen any CanPol threads if you don't know my opinion of the Liberal party.

[germanos]

That the Libyan people can't manage it alone?

That if it's too little too late, then it's not because the Lybian rebels had been asking for it from the start but actively opposed such a move. Something that a responsible politician should actually take into account when contemplating military intervention.
(Jeez, that I'm actually spelling that out )

[Asher]

I very much doubt Americans know that help was actively being refused in the first weeks. They don't seem very informed.