Obama Explains Why We Bombed Libya

[kpete]

[ProSense]

1. Didn't the President

just propose to cut U.S. dependence on foreign oil?

Gaddafi was a BushCo guy.

Oil companies from around the world are already in Libya.

ExxonMobil signs PSA with Libya National Oil

Why Gaddafi's Now a Good Guy (2006)

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At the time, it may have sounded like the typical ramblings of the Libyan leader. But now, a year later, Gaddafi and Bush do apparently see eye to eye. On Monday, Gaddafi accomplished one of history's great diplomatic turnarounds when Secretary of State Condeleezza Rice announced that the U.S. was restoring full diplomatic relations with Libya and held up the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya as "a model" for others to follow. Rice attributed the ending of the U.S.'s long break in diplomatic relations to Gaddafi's historic decision in 2003 to dismantle weapons of mass destruction and renounce terrorism as well as Libya's "excellent cooperation in response to common global threats faced by the civilized world since September 11, 2001."

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[aSpeckofDust]

2. It really doesn't matter where we drill in america for oil, it still goes on the global market.