Libya Quotes - Page 6

• Well, 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' is back - not for gays in the military. It's President Obama's new policy for questions about Libya. Don't ask, don't tell.

  Jay Leno

  Military, Gay, President

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• I was opposed to the U.S. involvement in Libya from the very start. President Obama has never made a compelling national security case on Libya.

  Michele Bachmann

  President, Made, Cases

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• Well, this is an unfortunate part of the UN institution. It's the - the theater of the absurd. It doesn't only cast Israel as the villain; it often casts real villains in leading roles: Gadhafi's Libya chaired the UN Commission on Human Rights; Saddam's Iraq headed the UN Committee on Disarmament.

  Benjamin Netanyahu

  Real, Iraq, Rights

  Address to the U.N. General Assembly, mfa.gov.il. September 23, 2011.

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• President Obama has decided to have the United Nations review the law of Arizona. You have got to be kidding! We're now going to have countries like Cuba, Libya and Uganda sitting in judgment on Arizona's laws? Enough is enough!

  Russell Pearce

  Country, Uganda, Law

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• This comes from a group of people who`ve been wrong about every foreign policy issue over the last two decades. They supported Hillary Clinton`s war in Libya. They supported President [Barack] Obama`s bombing of Assad.

  Barack Obama

  War, Two, Issues

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• We put our fingers in the eyes of those who doubt that Libya is ruled by anyone other than its people.

  Muammar al-Gaddafi

  Eye, People, Doubt

  "Muammar Gaddafi offers rebels an amnesty" by Peter Beaumont, www.theguardian.com. March 2, 2011.

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• The international community would like to see an agreement in Libya before Ramadan, let me be very cautious about the possibilities for an agreement.

  Bernardino Leon

  Agreement, Community, Ramadan

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• The reality is that [Barack] Obama has some 15 countries in the current Libya coalition. President Bush put together close to 50 countries for the Afghan coalition, some 40 countries for the Iraqi coalition, more than 90 countries for the Proliferation Security Initiative and over 90 countries in the Global War on Terror.

  Donald Rumsfeld

  Country, War, Reality

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• An institution that...would permit Iraq, a terrorist state that refuses to disarm, to become soon the chair of the United Nations Commission on Disarmament, and which recently elected Libya - a terrorist state - to chair the United Nations Commission on Human Rights of all things, seems not to be even struggling to regain credibility. That these acts of irresponsibility could happen now, at this moment in history, is breathtaking.

  Donald Rumsfeld

  War, Struggle, Rights

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• Let's go back to the beginning of the Obama administration, when Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama led NATO in toppling the government in Libya. They did it because they wanted to promote democracy. A number of Republicans supported them. Well, the result is, Libya is now a terrorist war zone run by jihadists.

  Ted Cruz

  Running, War, Government

  5th Republican debate, www.washingtonpost.com. December 15, 2015.

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• With every story that TV covers, somebody - some corporation, some shareholders - are making money. That's true whether covering Libya, Iraq, the tsunami in Japan, Osama bin Laden, whatever story there is. That day, the shareholders are making money off it. Every newspaper that's sold, somebody's making a dime.

  Nancy Grace

  Money, Japan, Iraq

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• When we toppled [Muammar] Gadhafi in Libya, I think that was a mistake. I think ISIS grew stronger, we had a failed state, and we were more at risk.

  Rand Paul

  Mistake, Thinking, Isis

  Source: cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com

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• The United States is sending its most powerful drone to Libya. That’s a long trip for Joe Biden.

  Jay Leno

  Powerful, Long, United States

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• Today, the government of a free Afghanistan is fighting terror, Pakistan is capturing terrorist leaders, Saudi Arabia is making raids and arrests, Libya is dismantling its weapons programs, the army of a free Iraq is fighting for freedom, and more than three-quarters of al-Qaida's key members and associates have been detained or killed. We have led, many have joined, and America and the world are safer.

  George W. Bush

  Army, Fighting, Government

  2004 Republican National Convention Address, delivered 2 September 2004, Madison Square Garden, New York

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• Senator Lugar will also travel to Libya for official meetings as a part of the president's initiative to move toward more normal relations reflecting that country's renunciation of terrorism and abandonment of its weapons of mass destruction and longer range missiles.

  Dana Perino

  Country, Moving, Mass Destruction

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• Journalists dedicate their lives to covering war - they make many personal sacrifices, and it's not something that's gender-based. In a place like Libya where there's heavy fighting, it doesn't matter if you're a man or a woman.

  Lynsey Addario

  War, Fighting, Sacrifice

  Source: www.marieclaire.com

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• I do not honestly know what is really happening in Libya at the moment but it must be very hard for Gaddafi and his family.

  El Hadji Diouf

  Gaddafi, Moments, Honestly

  "Football transfer rumours: Arsenal to bid farewell to Emmanuel Eboué?" by Barney Ronay, www.theguardian.com. April 19, 2011.

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• We've protected thousands of people in Libya; we have not seen a single U.S. casualty; there's no risks of additional escalation. This operation is limited in time and in scope.

  Barack Obama

  People, Risk, Casualties

  News conference in the East Wing, www.nytimes.com. June 29, 2011.

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• We see nation-states collapsing all around us: Libya, Syria, Iraq. We do not want another failed state in our neighborhood, which would rapidly turn into a stronghold for terrorists, as we have seen in Gaza. We do not want tunnels to suburbs of Tel Aviv or missiles pointed at Jerusalem.

  Ayelet Shaked

  Iraq, Tunnels, Want

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Libya as a country is a relatively new concept. The period of Libya as a modern nation really starts after World War II.

  Elliott Abrams

  Country, War, World

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• At the time, we were mad at Moammar Gadhafi, which resulted in us bombing all over Libya and killing a bunch of people, but not him. Then Ronald Reagan gets up and says we're not trying to kill him, we're just dropping bombs. You can kill all the Libyans you want, but legally you can't try to kill the leader.

  Dave Barry

  Mad, People, Leader

  "All I Think Is That It's Stupid". Interview with Glenn Garvin, reason.com. December, 1994.

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• I would like to extend to you our deep appreciation and thanks for the position the United States has taken in support of the democratization process that has taken place in Tunisia, in Egypt, and what is attempting to take place in Libya.

  Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani

  Appreciation, Taken, Egypt

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• House Speaker John Boehner says President Obama should have clearly outlined his exact plans before bombing Libya. Apparently it's only Iraq where you don't have to do that.

  Jay Leno

  Should Have, Iraq, House

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• Libya is a war of the womb. A product of the romantic minds of women who fantasize about an Arab awakening. It is estrogen-driven paternalism on steroids.

  Ilana Mercer

  War, Mind, Awakening

  "Libya: a War of the Womb". www.wnd.com. April 08, 2011.

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• You can understand Tunisia revolution as a failure to censor the internet. And Libya had that failure too. It's very difficult for governments that are autocratic and don't have broad popular support to be in power when a lot of people have these devices. That was what Arab Spring was about, that people could express this and lead to revolution.

  Eric Schmidt

  Spring, Government, People

  "Google's Big Tent event: porn, copyright, Eric Schmidt and all". www.theguardian.com. May 23, 2012.

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