Washington may arm Al-Qaeda-linked Libyan rebels - RT (VIDEO) Kucinich

[indimuse]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SI9_u6EKRw&feature=feedu

"When we help accelerate the chaos and in creating more chaos...we think somehow we're gonna be able to direct the outcome? It's the SAME hubris that has visited he United States in Iraq." ~ Dennis Kucinich

[L. Coyote]

1. Didn't we already do that? Weeks ago, secretly.

[meow mix]

2. lol, dennis has morphed into michelle bachman

DK throwing away his career to protect ghadaffi of all people... strange times.

[L. Coyote]

11. Obama has morphed into Bush since the "Change" campaign ended.

[indimuse]

13. lol!

omg..good one! hahah.......

[sabrina 1]

26. I guess you called him a Saddam Hussein supporter back when he

opposed Bush's war also??

Don't worry about Dennis' career. You just reminded me to donate to him. One of the few democrats in Congress whose principles don't change just because his party is doing what he objected to when the other party did it.

Did you accuse your fellow DUers of supporting Saddam Hussein also when they opposed Bush's war?

Go Dennis. A true Democrat.

[Godhumor]

3. Any actual proof, any, that Al-Qaeda is "linked" to the rebels?

Do you bother to dig this deep to find videos of what Gaddafi has done?

[The Magistrate]

16. No, Sir: Just 'Russia Times' Doing What It Does, Making Things Up In A Breathless Tone

[EFerrari]

21. The NATO officer who testified to Congress said there was

an AQ element in the rebellion. It was reported by all the major outlets. Here's the AP story.

http://www.sfexaminer.com/politics/congress/2011/03/nato-commander-signs-al-qaida-libyan-rebels

I don't think AQ is the biggest problem here but the story is true.

[The Magistrate]

30. Before You Get In Any Deeper On This Line, Ma'am....

ww.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/03/31/getting_libyas_rebels_wrong?page=0,1

[EFerrari]

32. Oh, I read it in another posting of yours, Sir,

and agree with the author that it's not a good idea to give the public the idea that the Libyan rebels are Al Qaida. Because that's how it would be heard.

On the other hand, Dennis wasn't fabricating as he has been accused of doing in this thread.

It happens that Libya is a complicated situation and doesn't reduce well to sound bites.

[The Magistrate]

33. But What He Was Told, Ma'am, Is Foolishness, And He Should Know That

After all, just parroting uncritically is no way for an intelligent person to behave.

[OHdem10]

4. Rw talking point. ---arming AlQeda. C'on, other countries can

arm Libya. The US does not have to do everything.

[sad sally]

7. As long as we don't arm Libya directly, makes it okay.

Just bump those military budgets up to Egypt, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Yemen - heck, let's throw in a couple of million to Syria, just make sure we really increase what we give to Israel - until that's the only thing America funds.

[ReturnoftheDjedi]

5. this al-Qaeda claim is total horseshit.

Just another excuse used by those who either never want to use our military to help people or those who only want to use our military to take over places so money can be made there.

Too much War for Kucinich.
Not enough for the Repigs.

[The_Casual_Observer]

6. 6 months down the road, "We could have never imagined that Al-Qaeda..."

[David__77]

8. Why are supporters of US intervention defensive about "arming al-Qaeda?"

If al-Qaeda was fighting on the "right side," then what's the problem here? The US didn't like the Soviet Union in 1940, but in 1941 it did, because they were fighting the Nazis. So if Gaddafi represents an overarching threat to humanity, shouldn't they put their difference with al-Qaeda aside?

[Godhumor]

9. No one is defensive; it has a lot more to do with the assumption that the rebels are Al Qaeda linked

For which there no proof.

[David__77]

10. Does it matter if they were al-Qaeda?

I guess that's the relevant point. If such evidence did emerge, is it even important? There is no central military organization of the rebels. If al-Qaeda wanted to, they could join as individuals of course.

[Rex]

12. Well Al-Qaeda is still our supposed mortal enemies donchaknow this?

Remember 9/11 and the Taliban? Remember Al-Q and all the 'evil doers' we impounded/killed? The point is it is illegal for the US to arm known terrorist orgainzations (yet we have in the past) and that is exactly what we would be doing, if we armed our supposed 'mortal enemy'.

DK is just basically trying to say he still wants to impeach Obama, without having to say it now...now it look like we might be breaking our own laws.

[EFerrari]

24. He's repeating what he heard in a hearing.

It's sort of weird that a NATO commander says, yeah, there's an AQ influence among the rebels and nobody hears him but Dennis. lol

[The Magistrate]

17. Informed People Know It is Not happening, Sir: That Is Not Being Defensive

That is calling piles of barnyard product what piles of barnyard product are....

[bvar22]

14. Hey!...I recced it UP to +1.

Thank You, Dennis.
One of the very few "Democrats" left in Washington.

:patriot:


”Unlike the other candidates, I am not funded by those corporate interests.
I owe them no loyalty, and they have no influence over me or my policies.” ---Dennis Kucinich

[joshcryer]

19. Fixed.

;)

[bvar22]

25. OK.

Looks like I will have to settle for a kick then.
:)

Dennis Kucinich is one of the very few reasons I'm still a Democrat.
Without Dennis,
Who would stand up and tell the nation:

*that access to Health Care is a human right, NOT a marketable commodity

*that Expanding Medicare is not only possible, but cheaper.

*that "Free Trade" really hasn't been a good thing for Americans who Work for a Living

*that the Patriot Act should be repealed, not expanded

*that BBV (Black Box Voting) lacks accountability and transparency

*that War Criminals and War Profiteers should be jailed

*that the rights of citizens TRUMP the "rights" of Corporations

I hope he runs again,
not that I expect him to get elected,
but because he is one of the very few "Democrats" left who SPEAKS for traditional "Democratic" issues,
and I want that message heard during the national debate.

[EFerrari]

23. I rec'd it invisibly just out of cussedness.

lol

[underpants]

15. This is overheated nonsense Dennis

he should know better

[The Magistrate]

18. He Knows Better, Sir, He Is Just So Good At It He Really Cannot Help Himself

[MedleyMisty]

20. So the left is also willing to use Al Qaeda for its propaganda needs

I used to like Kucinich. Before he revealed himself to be utterly stupid and ignorant and uninformed. And extremely gullible, falling for Gaddafi's propaganda about Al Qaeda putting drugs in the Libyan youth's Nescafe.

Isn't it funny how the left made fun of the right for years about seeing Al Qaeda everywhere and being so scared of Al Qaeda and going into war because of mythical Al Qaeda threats, but the second Al Qaeda can be used to fit the left's political agenda here at home....

I'm really learning who actually believes in truth and humanist principles and who's all rah rah for the blue team no matter what the human cost this month.

And yeah, I'll say it - I think the more likely you are to be scared by the idea of poor brown people with guns, the more likely you are to believe in the Al Qaeda propaganda. Which is why it's a right wing talking point, but privileged lefties are falling for it too.

[EFerrari]

22. The left in this case would be NATO.

NATO: Signs of Qaeda presence in Libyan rebels

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/03/29/501364/main20048350.shtml

[joshcryer]

27. Uh, cognitive disconnect.

The poster was specifically referring to leftists pulling a Bush on Al Qaeda.

[joshcryer]

29. I certainly believe there's a racist element to the whole thing.

Citing specific examples is against the rules and I don't have the energy to really defend this perspective.

[The Magistrate]

31. Of Course, Ma'am: Anything That Comes To Hand, Like Anyone Else

[Catherina]

28. Thanks DK. Good to see not everyone in DC has lost their mind. Rec'd n/t