To see what is right and not do it is want of courage
Elliott Abrams reports that China is teaching the US what it means to be a superpower.China is sending a warship, among other planes and ships, to evacuate its citizens from Libya. According to the report, “The PLA Navy has just dispatched Xuzhou, a Type 054 Jiangkai-II class missile frigate, from the ongoing seventh PLAN anti-piracy task force deployment off Somalia to steam to Libyan coast to provide support and protection for the ongoing evacuation mission there.”Read the whole thing.
In recent days, the White House has been saying that the United States had to watch its words and actions because American citizens were at risk in Libya. So instead of acting, we are building a diplomatic coalition. China has taken a different tack: to use power. Instead of biting their tongue, the Chinese appear to be making it clear to the Qadhafi regime that no danger to Chinese workers will be tolerated.
That’s the path the United States should follow as well.
Decisions, decisions. If only Obama could make up his mind and do something already....
Labels: Barack Obama, China, Libya, Muammar Gaddafi
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 10:08 AM
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Evacuation of American citizens from Libya may be about to begin:
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/
02/25/libya.protests/index.html?hpt=T1
What I find amazing is that we have a two year history of the current administration to reflect on, and no one seems to want to examine it. The consistency of the domestic and foreign policies that have been implemented, the economic and political decisions that have been made, the social agendas that have been supported, etc, can result in only one rational conclusion: The sad moral, economic, social and political shape that the U.S. finds its self in today is not by some cosmic accident, it can only be understood as being by design.
From the lack of moral courage at home and abroad, hidden agendas, overt actions to eliminate personal freedoms by removing personal responsibilities in how one lives (conducts) their lives, to encouraging our avowed enemies and sanctioning our allies, everything that has made America a great nation has been turned upside down. The question is this: Is it too late to turn things around, and if not, will we?
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