Legitimacy

This Infidel has wondered for at least 20 years, why Muammar Gaddafi, who successfully overthrew his government and became dictator, never rose higher than the rank of Colonel. He's only been referred to as Colonel Gaddafi. Which raises questions about whether they have anyone of equal or above rank in the Libyan military. How can you be a General when your supreme leader is only a Colonel? This makes one speculate on the man's credibility to lead.

Today, BHO gave a news conference where he stated that Gaddafi has lost legitimacy and must step down. BHO speaks as if Gaddafi ever had legitimacy! The man is a brutal dictator who sponsors state sanctioned terrorism, and the POTUS states that the dictator has lost legitimacy and must step down! What an amateur, what a clown, what a moron. Yes, those apply to Gaddafi, but I was speaking of BHO. No leader who himself wants to be considered legitimate would ever seriously speak as if Gaddafi ever had legitimacy or credibility.

One of the brilliant M3 reporters asked the POTUS about Libya and the NFL strike, inquiring if the POTUS would intervene in the NFL seeing as how it has so much impact on the economy. At first I thought this question was asinine, then after pondering it, and considering how BHO has taken over the banking industry, the auto industry, and healthcare, it does on second glance appear to be a legitimate question. Why couldn't he step in and dictate his will on this private industry as well? Fortunately, he declined to interfere, but he did state in a Marxist way that he thought the owners and players could decide how to share the money without his help. However, a better question regarding the economy would have been what BHO is going to do to ensure stability in the Middle East to ensure an uninterrupted supply of oil, and what he will do to increase domestic oil production.

BHO then tackled the question about Libya and again stated that Gaddafi has lost legitimacy with his people and must step down. BHO is very insistent on using the word 'legitimacy' in reference to Gaddafi. Maybe he's sticking to the Democrat playbook which reads that if you repeat a lie often enough it will be believed.

Then, to show his foreign policy prowess, BHO stated that Gaddafi must step down, that it is good for his country, good for his people, and the right thing to do. This Infidel has held the opinion for years that only a dictator can control a Moozlum population. BHO wants the current dictator to vanish with no successor waiting in the wings. I guess he thinks that democratic rule will just magically evolve in a country that knows nothing about freedom or democracy. And with no democratic supporting, freedom loving group ready to step up and assume the reigns of power, the only thing that can result from Gaddafi leaving is another dictator of equal or greater power, or worse, a radical Islamic group taking over. BHO (which could stand for Butt Head Observer) doesn't have a clue and obviously doesn't have a handle on the Middle East situation.

BHO went on to state that those committing violence against citizens will be held accountable. Oh really? Who is going to hold them accountable? We can't even get our citizens out of trouble spots when they erupt into riots. I don't hear him declaring that those who gang raped Lara Logan (a U.S. citizen, by the way) are going to be hunted down and brought to justice! But he's promising justice for Libyan citizens.

Next, BHO informed the M3 reporters that the U.S. had frozen $30 Billion in Libyan assets. Can someone please explain to me how a terrorist nation has any assets in the U.S., let alone $30 Billion worth of assets?

BHO said "One of the extraordinary successes in Egypt was the full ownership the Egyptian people felt for that transformation. Uh, that has served the Egyptian people well. It serves U.S. interests well. We did not see anti-American sentiment arising out of uh, that movement in Egypt precisely because they saw that we hadn't tried to engineer or impose a particular outcome...." Who the hell is he kidding? Ask the U.S. reporters who were beaten and chased if they felt there was no anti-American sentiment in the Egyptian revolution. Ask Lara Logan if her near death beating and gang rape reflect anti-American sentiment. OK, that last statement isn't fair. It reflects anti-semitic sentiment, which runs very high throughout the Arab world. And the fact that we could not or would not engineer an outcome that is favorable to our economic and military interests is evidence that this administration is incapable of fulfilling its role.

3/10/11 Update: Great article by Ken Blackwell:Purple Fingers Aren't Enough