RSSMoammar Gadhafi Needs To Hear This Song
Semper Fi Parents | February 25, 2011
Here's a good "Jeopardy" question: The first line of the Marine Corps Hymn is "From the halls of Montezuma ..." But what's the second line?
If you knew the answer -- "... to the shores of Tripoli" -- you might have beaten IBM's Watson computer. But you might also be qualified for a high-level job at the Obama White House.
Because the folks over there seem to have no idea what's really needed today off the Tripolitanian shores, better known as Moammar Gadhafi's Libya. President Barack Obama scolded the Gadhafi regime Wednesday, urging it not to slaughter its own people while announcing he was sending Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton off to consult with our allies.
But, Mr. President, have you any idea just how much more effective it would be were the Libyans to wake up tomorrow morning and glimpse off their shores the wonderfully menacing silhouettes of U.S. Navy warships? Especially if you were then to announce that the U.S. was imposing both a no-fly zone and a naval quarantine. And that its objective was to block any effort by the Libyan regime to land more mercenaries or to use aircraft to bomb its opponents.
You could even announce that we were doing this in concert with our allies and that we were seeking U.N. approval while preparing for any humanitarian eventuality -- or similarly soothing weenie words.
There would be three prompt effects:
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