tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post3829256153013721934..comments2023-10-24T11:23:31.580-04:00Comments on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion: J'accuse The "Libya Lobby" and "Libya Firsters"William A. Jacobsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16433685588536441422noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-23626854776014153922011-03-21T03:06:06.862-04:002011-03-21T03:06:06.862-04:00R2P - Aimed at Israel?
"U.N. Secretary Gener...R2P - Aimed at Israel?<br /><br />"U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon also said on Thursday that the justification for the use of force was based on humanitarian grounds, and referred to the principle known as Responsibility to Protect (R2P), "a new international security and human rights norm to address the international community's failure to prevent and stop genocides, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity."<br /><br />"Resolution 1973 affirms, clearly and unequivocally, the international community's determination to fulfill its responsibility to protect civilians from violence perpetrated upon them by their own government," he said.<br /><br />Inside the NSC, Power, Smith, and McFaul have been trying to figure out how the administration could implement R2P and what doing so would require of the White House going forward. Donilon and McDonough are charged with keeping America's core national interests more in mind. Obama ultimately sided with Clinton and those pushing R2P -- over the objections of Donilon and Gates."<br /><br /><a href="http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/" rel="nofollow">FP, The Cable</a><br /><br />"The always astute Omri Ceren has more regarding the R2P concept over at Commentary Contentions. He notes that there is a bit of history regarding the concept's application to the Israel-Palestinian conflict. There was a group created in 2009, the International Coalition For The Responsibility To Protect, that has spoken out against Israel, notably during Israel's Operation Cast Lead in Gaza. The Coalition released this statement:<br /><br /><br />The recent escalation of violence in Gaza has raised serious questions about the use of the Responsibility to Protect to urge international action to protect civilians in the conflict. The Responsibility to Protect has been referred to, notably by Richard Falk, UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, but also others who claim that crimes committed in Gaza by Israeli forces have reached the threshold of R2P crimes."<br /><br /><a href="http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2011/03/the_rise_of_samantha_power_and.html" rel="nofollow">American Thinker, Ed Lasky</a>viatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09210255358385745222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-62364965760912616532011-03-20T20:20:08.114-04:002011-03-20T20:20:08.114-04:00How is this going to turn out well?
"The Wes...How is this going to turn out well?<br /><br />"The West Point analysts’ statistical study of the al-Qaeda (who fought in Iraq) personnel records comes to the conclusion that one country provided “far more” foreign fighters in (Irag in) per capita terms than any other: namely, Libya. Furthermore, the records show that the “vast majority of Libyan fighters that included their hometown in the Sinjar Records resided in the country’s Northeast.”<br /><br />"The contributions of two cities in particular stand out. One of these has in the last month become a household name: Benghazi. The second is precisely Darnah: the city in which, according to Libyan government sources, an Islamic emirate was declared when the unrest started in February"<br /><br /><a href="http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/saving-the-libyan-islamists/?singlepage=true" rel="nofollow">John Rosenthal, PJ Media</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.cnas.org/blogs/abumuqawama/2011/03/rebels-love-us-right.html" rel="nofollow">Abu Muqawama, CNAS</a>viatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09210255358385745222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-16171450172038223272011-03-20T14:55:40.054-04:002011-03-20T14:55:40.054-04:00Churchill: Mr. Walt, would you sleep with a wonder...Churchill: Mr. Walt, would you sleep with a wonderfully fashionable, yet ruthless dictator and enemy of America for five million dollars?<br /><br />Mr. Walt: My goodness, Mr. Churchill ... Well, I suppose ... we would have to discuss terms, of course ...<br /><br />Churchill: Would you sleep with him for an all-expenses paid, thirty-six hour mini-vacation in Tripoli, Libya?<br /><br />Mr. Walt: Mr. Churchill, of course!! Absolutely!! What kind of enemy to Israel and its world-dominating lobby do you think I am?!<br /><br />Churchill: Sir, we’ve already established that. Now we are haggling ... What? ... What did you say??LukeHandCoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14050153852654024997noreply@blogger.com