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Because the president has faced so much criticism for his actions or in-actions in Libya over the past several months, the conflict coming to an end should leave room for at least faint praise right?

Wrong.

According to arch-warhawks John McCain and Lindsey Graham, the United States deserves no credit for the ouster of Qadaffi.

In a bizarre statement about the developments in Libya, Sens. John McCain (R-AZ) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) commend many countries for bringing about “the end of the Qadaffi regime.” But the United States is not one of the them. “We…commend our British, French, and other allies, as well as our Arab partners, especially Qatar and the UAE, for their leadership in this conflict,” they write, “but we regret that this success was so long in coming due to the failure of the United States to employ the full weight of our airpower.”

So patriotic! Commending your French and Arab allies while lamenting that we didn’t drop enough bombs and kill enough civilians while doing so.

I thought only those dirty liberals would cheer for other countries ahead of their own. My mistake! I forgot it’s okay to do so if the president is a black Democrat.

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  • http://twitter.com/gbeaudette Grant Beaudette

    The Republican platform is mathematically simple. It’s Obama * -1

    It wouldn’t surprise me if that statement had a PS at the bottom congratulating Brazil about the 2016 Olympics.

  • http://JCohenMusic.com Justin Cohen

    True, but we weren’t engaged in the “hostilities,” which is why President Obama didn’t need to get Congresses approval for our participation.

  • CBloom

    I should be surprised, but it’s really just typical.

  • http://www.politicalruminations.com/ nicole

    This says it all.

    Patriotism? These pigs have no idea.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_YM23FX2FBZEC3UVDPZRGCUBIZ4 staci

    Because the president has faced so much criticism for his actions or in-actions in Libya over the past several months, the conflict coming to an end should leave room for at least faint praise right?

    Ha, ha – JM made a funny.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1432102542 Tim Neuenhaus

    Were the republicans including McCain and Graham complaining just a short time ago how we should not be involved at all and that President Obama had no right to order US airstrikes or US support of NATO forces in Libya?

    • http://twitter.com/bphoon Brian C

      Yeah, it seems to me that many members of our esteemed Congress, particularly Republicans, were bellyaching that Obama hadn’t consulted them and gotten their permission to be involved in Libya. I seem to remember Republicans, particularly the current occupants of the clown car, bitching that Obama has us involved in “three wars”, using this as some sort of condemnation of his foreign policy.

      Hypocritical fucks…

  • holyreality

    Keep moving the goalposts and President Obama will keep kicking it through.

  • Zen Diesel

    Typical Montgomery Burns reaction.

    • D_C_Wilson

      More like Frank Burns.