Arabs Celebrate US Intervention In Libya: What Is Wrong With This Picture?

Instapundit has a post on the Arab reaction to US intervention in Libya that is made for Purim in its absurdity.

He starts with a simple link: AND NEOCONS EVERYWHERE SMILE:

Ecstatic crowds in Libya celebrating imminent use of U.S. military force against Gaddafi.

Then there is the Arab hypocrisy pointed out by readers.


In particular:

Adam Sullivan:

Just pointing out the obvious -

Like the comments in the BBC news section right now where you’d think no one had ever tried to put together a coalition of western democracies to depose an Arab tyrant who was abusing his population. And this one hasn’t even bothered to invade anyone recently.

From those comments one thing is clear – that was one well deserved Peace Prize!

Did these people never hear of Saddam gassing the Kurds, running over Shia with tanks to quell their uprising, or throwing his opponents in chippers?

Guess not.

I suppose that means my support for getting Saddam was “blood for oil” but my support for “Lyberation” is virtuous.

I just can’t figure myself out sometimes.

John Steakley:

In the interest of fairness and bipartisanship, allow me to defend the President against the ‘Obama Lied’ crowd: He promised to bring the troops home. He never said it wouldn’t be through Libya.

Left unsaid of course is the reaction here at home.
What will the liberals say?

If the US media had regularly broadcast Saddam's torture and murder of Iraqis--would there have been as much opposition to going in and deposing him?

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