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Sarah Palin Tells Greta Van Susteren What Obama Is Doing Wrong In Libya

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Sarah Palin, fresh off her trip to India and Israel, sat down with Fox News’ Greta van Susteren to discuss the U.S.’s military involvement in Libya. As it turns out, she has some pointers for our President.

For one, Palin believes Obama could be more clear about “the different messages” being given regarding the U.S.’s mission and ultimate goals in using military force in Libya. (She later called him “confused,” hence his “confusing messages.”) When asked what our mission should be, exactly, the former Governor shared that Muammar al-Gaddafi should be held accountable for the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, given he has, as she put it, “the blood of innocent Americans” on his hands.

Furthermore, Palin would like to see America be “in it to win it,” then exit Libya as soon as Gaddafi is removed from power, allowing Libyans to rebuild their government on their own. She also takes issue with what she refers to as America’s decision to engage in a “war by committee,” saying that other nations look to U.S. as a leader. “If we’re in the back of the bus,” she continued, are we expected to “pay the bill” for this military engagement?

She adds:

…it’s not American’s role to be out and about nation building and telling other countries how to live. That’s why we have to be so careful in choosing our war. That’s why we need to know – What is the mission here in Libya? We need to know before we send our troops in harm’s way that we’re in it to win it, we’re serious, that we’re going to strike hard, and then we pull out.

“Real leadership,” she notes, “is a President who will seek to be informed and will seek to inform the American public.” A cohesive, consistent message about our foreign policy, then, is what Palin feels is most lacking where Libya is concerned.

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  • flagringo

    the oil futures market is at a 2 1/2 year high and is telling the World that Obama’s 3rd Muslim War is not going well……hey, CBSNBCABCCNNMSNBC, can you say “quagmire” ???????…Hillary, you war monger you!!

  • Nacho

    This Spudnut® is confused.

  • Harry Flashman

    When the question about the Maher comment came out and the fact that NOW didn’t object she said that she needed NOW to defend her like a fish needs a bicycle.

    Heh. They’ll REALLY love her now.

  • Bill Huggins

    Isn’t she cute?

    Just off of her LITTLE TRIP

    with her LITTLE FACEBOOK MESSAGES

    switching up her LITTLE NECKLACES between Holy Crosses and Stars of David

    I just want to watch her and Greta paint their toenails for an hour

    PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Joseph-Glackin/100000892011713 Joseph Glackin

    Sarah sure is a fast learner. A couple of days on a guided tour of Israel, and she’s an expert on the Middle East!
    Why don’t we send her to the sun, so she can solve all our energy problems?
    She can go at night, so she won’t get burned.

  • CAINtheBULL

    Is Greta’s husband still making money off Palin? Big conflict of interest.

  • Bill Huggins

    Isn’t she cute?

    Just off her LITTLE TRIP

    With her LITTLE FACEBOOK POSTS

    Switching up her little necklaces between Holy Crosses and Stars of David

    I just want to watch her and Greta paint their toenails for an hour

    Please!!!!!!!

  • felixw

    A week ago, the left was attacking Sarah Palin for not presenting policy statements.

    This week, the left is attacking Sarah Palin for presenting policy statements.

  • http://TheDividedStatesBlog.com Publius219

    Next up: DJ Pauly D gives an in-depth critical analysis of the current state of the bond market.

  • http://TheDividedStatesBlog.com Publius219

    felixw said:
    A week ago, the left was attacking Sarah Palin for not presenting policy statements.

    This week, the left is attacking Sarah Palin for presenting policy statements.

    I don’t think it was really “Sarah Palin should say more about policy” as much as “Sarah Palin doesn’t know anything about policy”. And a week certainly hasn’t changed that, nor have 2+ years.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Joseph-Glackin/100000892011713 Joseph Glackin

    Tomorrow night! Greta will interview Snookie on “How to handle ‘The Situation”.”

  • http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

    LOL, I love the snide way Alex wrote this story, as if he had questions about everything she said. She said nothing wrong. She was right on every subject brought up. I notice he couldn’t come up with any percieved gaffes. He just wrote as if nothing she said could possibly be right because she is Sarah Palin. She must have said something wrong.
    I will be interested to see how the liars over at MSNBC try to twist her answers. LOL

    Did you notice our lib posters above did not attack her for anything she said because they have not recieved their talking points from their leaders.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Clifford-EElisary/1434665168 Clifford E.Elisary

    Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin, really a political commentator, a PAIN IN THE ASS!!!!! Useless information from a ignorant Bitch that knows nothing, is nothing…Please stop the madness!!!!!!

  • azgrandma

    consistent, cohesive message? from this moron, So she took a trip to India and then Israel and now she is a foreign policy expert. The quitter is now the expert on everything! What a joke she is.

  • Gasket

    felixw said:
    A week ago, the left was attacking Sarah Palin for not presenting policy statements.

    This week, the left is attacking Sarah Palin for presenting policy statements.

    They are not policy statements. They are platitudes. Just like the ones she responded with to pointed questions pitched to her in India. Does she really expect the POTUS to give specific, explicit details of the mission in Libya? What a dumb woman. She’s just playing politics and so are the GOP. Look at Gingrich’s quick flip-flop about Libya. Now he’s against the Libya campaign after he was for it. Vacuous drones as usual.

  • http://www.snowspot.net Snowspot

    Joseph Glackin said:
    Sarah sure is a fast learner. A couple of days on a guided tour of Israel, and she’s an expert on the Middle East!
    Why don’t we send her to the sun, so she can solve all our energy problems?
    She can go at night, so she won’t get burned.

    lol!

  • WillP

    Are we nation-building in Libya? Are there troops in Libya? I know you have read a little more into Operation Odyssey Dawn than that? Please tell me so Sarah.

  • Nacho

    Joseph Glackin said:
    Tomorrow night! Greta will interview Snookie on “How to handle ‘The Situation”.”

    LOL

  • Robert Stephenson Hearts Mark Schultz

    Joseph Glackin said:
    Sarah sure is a fast learner. A couple of days on a guided tour of Israel, and she’s an expert on the Middle East!
    Why don’t we send her to the sun, so she can solve all our energy problems?
    She can go at night, so she won’t get burned.

    Hey, how’s “michele in leavenworth?”

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Joseph-Glackin/100000892011713 Joseph Glackin

    gordonbloyershow said:

    Did you notice our lib posters above did not attack her for anything she said because they have not recieved their talking points from their leaders.

    Gordo, she didn’t SAY anything! The woman is a sack of generalities and catch-phrases. No one can attack wind. Unless you’re Don Quixote.
    To get Beckian on you, I’m not saying this, but what about those stories that your middle name is Will, and you are trying to suppress it?

  • http://twitter.com/SailRabbits Magister

    I have a few quibbles with Ms. Palin’s position, but without getting into policy specifics, what first struck me from the OP and caused me to listen for the context is that I thought Fox and a segment of the GOP decided “back of the bus” is racially charged.

  • WillP

    Joseph Glackin said:
    Gordo, she didn’t SAY anything! The woman is a sack of generalities and catch-phrases. No one can attack wind. Unless you’re Don Quixote.
    To get Beckian on you, I’m not saying this, but what about those stories that your middle name is Will, and you are trying to suppress it?

    Generalities and catch-phrases?? Sarah Palin!?!? You must be kidding me. Sarah Palin is a living, breathing policy manifesto. She would never stoop so low as to simply offer generalities and catch-phrases.

  • BFD

    In other words: No-fly zones and coalitions are for pussies.
    We need to invade on our own, bomb them back to the stone age, hang Ghaddafi, and let the Libyans clean up the mess.

    At least that’s what she learned from the video games her son Truck has.

  • BFD

    Bill Huggins said:
    Just off her LITTLE TRIP

    I’m confused, isn’t Little Trip one of her sons?

  • Robert Stephenson Hearts Mark Schultz

    BFD said:
    I’m confused, isn’t Little Trip one of her sons?

    Nice.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Joseph-Glackin/100000892011713 Joseph Glackin

    How ’bout that friend of the family, Pfc. Murlock? Just copped a plea in Wa. state. Turns out they’re all VERY close. Murlock’s mom used to date the 1st Dude, and their kids hung out together. Guess you really learn international relations in Wasilla.

  • Brainstem

    Strike hard…pull out, strike hard…pull out. Now you’re talkin’! Us Brainstems really like it like that!

  • Brainstem

    Joseph Glackin said:
    Sarah sure is a fast learner. A couple of days on a guided tour of Israel, and she’s an expert on the Middle East!
    Why don’t we send her to the sun, so she can solve all our energy problems?
    She can go at night, so she won’t get burned.

    Drill baby drill!

  • Brainstem

    azgrandma said:
    consistent, cohesive message? from this moron, So she took a trip to India and then Israel and now she is a foreign policy expert. The quitter is now the expert on everything! What a joke she is.

    Yeah, next thing you know that ditz will be claiming that she has executive experience because she ran a presidential election campaign and that she has foreign policy experience because she went to grade school in Jakarta!

  • Lover

    Joseph Glackin said:
    How ’bout that friend of the family, Pfc. Murlock? Just copped a plea in Wa. state. Turns out they’re all VERY close. Murlock’s mom used to date the 1st Dude, and their kids hung out together. Guess you really learn international relations in Wasilla.

    Ayers?

  • BatBoy

    I didn’t catch it…but it is only an hour show.

    Maybe Greta booked Sarah back for a few more days to finish the interview.

  • the real john t

    I can’t believe India paid Palin to give a speech. Don’t they have any comedy shows over there and they have to import one.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Velma-Jones/100001799838904 Velma Jones

    sarah quitter so called governor please do us a favore and go away and take your family with you. i would not mess with kathie lee griffin if i were you. she will make mincemeat out of you , she is a comedian get over it. she makes fun of everone. you did not last as governoor honey as president you will lose the little mine you have left. keep on making your millions and stat out of politics. you do not have the know how or smarts for that position. you will be a disgrace to america. ;you bectcha can only last so long.love velma

  • lackdude

    She later called him “confused,” hence his “confusing messages.” Everything you do is confusing gov. palin.

  • Dem4Ever

    Sarah Palin’s continued success drives O-Bomb-A and his Lib/Progressive followers crazy. Mr. POTUS take Sarah’s advice right now. You can thank her later.

  • the real john t

    Dem4Ever said:
    Sarah Palin’s continued success drives O-Bomb-A and his Lib/Progressive followers crazy.

    No, her screechy voice and her ignorance drives me crazy.

  • Dem4Ever

    the real john t said:
    No, her screechy voice and her ignorance drives me crazy.

    In the end crazy *is* crazy.

  • the real john t

    Dem4Ever said:
    In the end crazy *is* crazy.

    And if you think Palin is someone special, then you are the crazy one.

  • mnmike44

    I really hate McCain for exposing America to this ubiquitous, mind numbing bimbo. WTF was he thinking?

  • Davo

    Yep. The moment Sarah Palin’s name appears on a headline, an alarm goes out and our goon-squad of Dims rush out in stampede, throwing all your empty lies about fairness and respect for women right out of the toilet you live in.

    I purposely stayed out of this thread until now, just to watch the show. Do all you scared little boys feel like real grown-up men now?

  • BFD

    Davo said:
    throwing all your empty lies about fairness and respect for women right out of the toilet you live in.

    HAHAHA….playing the vagina card.

  • flagringo

    wow, only ONE “Sarah quitter” comment…guess that meme isn’t workin’ for the Libs anymore….Two pages of comments and not one substantative critical comment of Sarah….only personal attacks, many loaded with sexual context…

    Reagan hit Lybya “hard and quick” , O-Bomber is dragging this out slow and painfully, a nightly soap opera for the news, Bagdad Bob is replaced by Libya Larry & Moe (CNN & MSNBC).

    Hillary is gonna have to get in there and finish O-Bomber’s job!

  • THE REAL ROYAL KING

    Joseph Glackin said:
    Gordo, she didn’t SAY anything! The woman is a sack of generalities and catch-phrases. No one can attack wind. Unless you’re Don Quixote.
    To get Beckian on you, I’m not saying this, but what about those stories that your middle name is Will, and you are trying to suppress it?

    But, you would agree she offers us “common sense solutions”?

  • THE REAL ROYAL KING

    Davo said:
    Yep. The moment Sarah Palin’s name appears on a headline, an alarm goes out and our goon-squad of Dims rush out in stampede, throwing all your empty lies about fairness and respect for women right out of the toilet you live in.

    I purposely stayed out of this thread until now, just to watch the show. Do all you scared little boys feel like real grown-up men now?

    It’s because we’re all scared of that she will run for president.

  • Pablo

    Gasket said:
    Does she really expect the POTUS to give specific, explicit details of the mission in Libya?

    She expects the same thing the Speaker of the House expects. Not explicit details, but the outlines of WTF are we doing here. She’s right to do so. You are a bot.

  • THE REAL ROYAL KING

    flagringo said:
    wow, only ONE “Sarah quitter” comment…guess that meme isn’t workin’ for the Libs anymore….Two pages of comments and not one substantative critical comment of Sarah….only personal attacks, many loaded with sexual context…

    Reagan hit Lybya “hard and quick” , O-Bomber is dragging this out slow and painfully, a nightly soap opera for the news, Bagdad Bob is replaced by Libya Larry & Moe (CNN & MSNBC).

    Hillary is gonna have to get in there and finish O-Bomber’s job!

    I think it’s like when Carmen Miranda’s publicist dropped the “Brazilian Bombshell” preface to her name. After a time, people just assumed “Brazilian Bombshell” every time Ms. Miranda’s name was mentioned. In other words, we assume “Drop Out Governor and Absentee Parent” every time Ms. Palin’s name is mentioned. It is the efficacy of the label which is notable, not the cessation of usage.

  • THE REAL ROYAL KING

    Pablo said:
    She expects the same thing the Speaker of the House expects. Not explicit details, but the outlines of WTF are we doing here. She’s right to do so. You are a bot.

    I didn’t know she was in Congress. Still, or has she resigned since your comment?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Bill-Adkins/1585417987 Bill Adkins

    Seriously? Palin is going to tell us what Obama is doing wrong? Shitforbrains Palin isn’t qualified to watch kids at a school crossing much less advise anyone on foreign or military policy.

  • THE REAL ROYAL KING

    Bill Adkins said:
    Palin isn’t qualified to watch kids at a school crossing

    All the Marys in Heaven! She is not qualified to watch kids in her own kitchen.

  • TangledThorns

    Obama dithers first and leads second and Palin points that out. Another reason why she’ll make a very effective president in 2013.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Bill-Adkins/1585417987 Bill Adkins

    Stating the obvious: The US is supporting a UN/NATO effort to limit/prevent Kadaffy with cruise missiles and fighter/bombers. Kadaffy is in retreat, abandoned his attack on Misrata and he has no more air force. Tell the Republican version of Code Pink that’s a far cry from the events of the Blunder in Iraq and the Pooch Screwing in Afghanistan commited by that military idiot, Goober W. Bush. If that’s ‘dithering’ then let’s have some more of it.

  • ProObamaAgenda

    Pablo said:
    She expects the same thing the Speaker of the House expects. Not explicit details, but the outlines of WTF are we doing here. She’s right to do so. You are a bot.

    president obama ignors expectations from drunks and dumbasses….and wingnuts like you too dipshit

  • ProObamaAgenda

    Bill Adkins said:
    Stating the obvious: The US is supporting a UN/NATO effort to limit/prevent Kadaffy with cruise missiles and fighter/bombers. Kadaffy is in retreat, abandoned his attack on Misrata and he has no more air force. Tell the Republican version of Code Pink that’s a far cry from the events of the Blunder in Iraq and the Pooch Screwing in Afghanistan commited by that military idiot, Goober W. Bush. If that’s ‘dithering’ then let’s have some more of it.

    lol……bill you are soooooooo right….goober w bush…….lolololololol

  • murf

    Bill Adkins said:
    Seriously? Palin is going to tell us what Obama is doing wrong? Shitforbrains Palin isn’t qualified to watch kids at a school crossing much less advise anyone on foreign or military policy.

    Funny how over the past year or so Palin has been the one in front of an issue , and Obama has been the one catching up .

  • BlueBunny

    murf said:
    Funny how over the past year or so Palin has been the one in front of an issue , and Obama has been the one catching up .

    HAHAHAHAHHA! WHAT PLANET DO YOU LIVE ON!

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  • BlueBunny

    mnmike44 said:
    I really hate McCain for exposing America to this ubiquitous, mind numbing bimbo. WTF was he thinking?

    SEX SELLS! ITJUST DID NOT GO THE WAY THEY WANTED WITH FALIN PALIN ON THE TICKET !

  • TangledThorns

    murf said:
    Funny how over the past year or so Palin has been the one in front of an issue , and Obama has been the one catching up .

    Very true. Sarah Palin and others were calling for action while Obama dithered, again. I’m not a fan of Hillary Clinton but thank goodness she has the balls that Obama desperately needs.

  • THE REAL ROYAL KING

    BlueBunny said:
    SEX SELLS! ITJUST DID NOT GO THE WAY THEY WANTED WITH FALIN PALIN ON THE TICKET !

    Maybe sex doesn’t sell when the vendor is abstinence, only. But, boy do diapers sell when abstinence comes up.

  • BlueBunny

    Bill Adkins said:
    Stating the obvious: The US is supporting a UN/NATO effort to limit/prevent Kadaffy with cruise missiles and fighter/bombers. Kadaffy is in retreat, abandoned his attack on Misrata and he has no more air force. Tell the Republican version of Code Pink that’s a far cry from the events of the Blunder in Iraq and the Pooch Screwing in Afghanistan commited by that military idiot, Goober W. Bush. If that’s ‘dithering’ then let’s have some more of it.

    VERY NICE!

  • Pablo

    TangledThorns said:
    Very true. Sarah Palin and others were calling for action while Obama dithered, again. I’m not a fan of Hillary Clinton but thank goodness she has the balls that Obama desperately needs.

    “If Hillary gave Obama one of her balls, they’d both have two.” – James Carville

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Joseph-Glackin/100000892011713 Joseph Glackin

    Sarah just gave her first substantive statement on the Middle East, “The problems between Israelis and Palestinians is just a zoning issue.”
    Words fail me.

  • potvin

    All of sudden two-faced lib bully boys want to unleash the dogs of war now that their boy is in the WH. Where have these asshats been for the last 10 years? Hypocritical numbnuts.

  • Truth

    murf said:
    Funny how over the past year or so Palin has been the one in front of an issue , and Obama has been the one catching up .

    Give me an example!!!!!!

  • Truth

    She is an opportunist. If Obama says yes she says no just like Newt. Newt says get in we get in now Newt says we shouldn’t have gotten in. Neither of Palin or Gingrich could find their ass using two hands.

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