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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 04:36 PM Original message |
Exposed: The deal struck between the Obama administration and the House of Saud on Libya |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
1. Words defeat me. |
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nc4bo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
2. Meet the new boss blah-blah-blah. nt |
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mazzarro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 04:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Yeah - meet the new boss... |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
3. Funny how the exact same text in this article has been put forward |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 05:40 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Can you cite articles that used the exact, same text as this article? |
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IScreamSundays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 05:59 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I read your post and immediately remembered a post in the dungeon I read last night. |
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Exilednight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 07:46 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. Same position doesn't mean much if you're trying to discredit an article. If anything |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 08:01 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. So your claim that you read articles with the exact same test wasn't true. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 08:12 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. You are responding to a different poster. |
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IScreamSundays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 09:50 AM Response to Reply #18 |
50. I never said that. I only mentioned that I have read |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 12:03 PM Response to Reply #50 |
68. I've seen it also. |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 10:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
29. Can't suply a cite. But I too concur with Joe. |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 11:57 PM Response to Reply #6 |
35. The very same article was posted here on DU days ago. |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 08:45 AM Response to Reply #6 |
48. Here's one ... starts on DU, goes to an article that uses same words |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 10:15 AM Response to Reply #48 |
52. Your "different source" was reporting on the article written by Pepe Escobar... the same journalist |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 04:33 PM Response to Reply #52 |
56. So again, they can't support their claim. |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 07:39 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. that's quite a conspiracy theory. |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 09:56 PM Response to Reply #3 |
28. Here's another. |
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Nevernose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 11:52 PM Response to Reply #3 |
34. All I can find is the same story reprinted |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 10:19 AM Response to Reply #3 |
53. That is because it is the same article written by Pepe Escobar reprinted in different news |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 04:26 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. Why all the logic? You can't distract and discredit if you actually address the isssue. |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 01:39 AM Response to Reply #55 |
63. Pepe Escobar is not a credible source. Google him |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 07:47 AM Response to Reply #63 |
67. Then your contention |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 01:26 PM Response to Reply #67 |
69. If it were true, I'd be surprised |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 09:10 PM Response to Reply #69 |
70. Ducking the question. Weirded out? |
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Jefferson23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 06:41 PM Response to Reply #63 |
71. Complete slander you have here about Escobar. |
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Newest Reality (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
5. Business as usual ... sigh. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 01:03 AM Response to Reply #5 |
61. I think that the |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
8. it all makes Perfect Sense |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 06:30 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. I thought this was our global anthem... |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
9. Makes ya proud to be a USA'n |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
11. holy f'n shit. if Bush were doing this DU would be on fire with outrage. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 07:40 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Deleted message |
nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 07:42 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Pyrric victories are good enough for some. |
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SpartanDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
16. So Gadaffi wasn't killing peaceful protesters |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 07:57 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. It'd be OK if it was coherent, but it's many many many conspiracies one on top of the other. |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 08:22 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. What conspiracy? It's not hard to believe a deal was made with our "friend" in Saudi Arabia. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 11:43 PM Response to Reply #22 |
32. Such a deal was not requsite on our fulfillment of the UN resolution. |
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anaxarchos (963 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 01:11 AM Response to Reply #32 |
40. Twaddle... |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 02:12 AM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Arab League isn't "The Saudi's." |
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anaxarchos (963 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 03:00 AM Response to Reply #42 |
45. Double twaddle... |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 03:06 AM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Egypt, Yemen, Algeria and Morocco and Sudan make up around 215~ million people. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 03:07 AM Response to Reply #45 |
47. Note: contrast with the 340~ million in the Arab League. |
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Bobbie Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 09:43 PM Response to Reply #17 |
27. Exaggerated indeed. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 08:05 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Peaceful protesters are being killed all over the ME |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 08:11 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. How many people do you believe have been killed in Libya? |
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SpartanDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 08:36 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Like you wouldn't be saying that if we didn't go in |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 08:39 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. It's not a conspiracy theory if it's all out in the open. |
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SpartanDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 08:53 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. My point is you're taking something that just plausible and turning it into fact |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 07:28 PM Response to Reply #24 |
59. Conspiracies do happen in the open --Federal Reserve, Bilderbergers, DLC --- |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 11:39 PM Response to Reply #23 |
31. +1, that is precisely what these people would be saying. |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 12:53 AM Response to Reply #23 |
39. what an utterly disgusting comment. |
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SpartanDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 01:37 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. What did I say that wasn't true? |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 07:02 PM Response to Reply #23 |
57. I have to agree with you, SpartanDem. Although, I don't discount the idea |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 07:47 PM Response to Reply #23 |
60. Also been criticism because rebels actually restored oil production -- !! Rather ... |
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Distant Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 11:22 PM Response to Reply #16 |
30. EVIDENCE PLS! Both US Intelligence and BBC reports suggest NOT beyond what was typical |
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JohnyCanuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
25. For gawd's sake folks. |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 12:48 AM Response to Reply #25 |
37. thank you for the great line and for the link. |
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Flubadubya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 09:38 AM Response to Reply #37 |
49. Yeah, "the ultimate dupes"... |
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louslobbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
33. Why exactly do they call it a "Peace Prize"? And it's given to those who do what? |
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Distant Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 12:39 AM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Don't Blame Barack. The STRATEGIC INTERESTS of the real powers drive these decisions |
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louslobbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 12:51 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. First off, i don't think you know the President personally if you want to defend him have respect |
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Distant Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 02:37 AM Response to Reply #38 |
43. Sorry. I obviously missunderstood the intent of your question. I defer to google, with respect. |
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louslobbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 10:06 AM Response to Reply #43 |
51. Thank you, apology accepted and we're totally cool, thanks also for the google reference |
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The Northerner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 02:39 AM Response to Original message |
44. K&R nt |
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neoralme (812 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
54. That's all she wrote, for me. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
58. If true, unusual that Obama actually got anything in return!!! |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 01:24 AM Response to Original message |
62. Pepe Escobar is a full time conspiracy theorist |
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Prometheus Bound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 01:47 AM Response to Reply #62 |
64. What crap! |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 01:50 AM Response to Reply #64 |
65. Which part is crap? |
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Prometheus Bound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 01:58 AM Response to Reply #65 |
66. That he's a full time conspiracy theorist. |
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