How the White House Sees Situation in Syria as Different than Libya

[WestVirginiaRebel]

Fox News:

The violence in Syria echoes that of what happened in Libya, with dozens of civilian protestors being killed at the hand of a Middle East leader, yet the White House is defending its response so far to the unrest in Syria by arguing that the two scenarios are different.

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said that Libya was a "unique situation" in that large portions of the country were out of control.

"We had a [Muammar al-]Qaddafi regime that was moving against its own people in a coordinated military fashion and was about to assault a very large city on the promise that it would show it -- the regime would show that city and its residents no mercy," Carney said of Libya.

He also says that with Libya, there was also an international consensus to act and support from the Arab League for action.

Human rights groups say that more than 300 people have been killed in Syria since the uprising began and more than two dozen demonstrators were either killed or wounded in Daraa just over the weekend.

Carney said they are continuing to look for ways to address the situation in Syria and increase pressure, including possible targeted sanctions.

Sanctions were one of the first moves the White House made against Libya also.

Sen. Joe Liberman, I-Conn., connected the two scenarios and said the U.S. should be doing more. " really think we're not doing anywhere enough to support the freedom fighters in Syria and to oppose Assad. Everything that Gadhafi did in Libya that brought us into the fight there Assad is doing, particularly the slaughter of his own people. And, you know, the world leaders are making statements, but we're not doing anything," Lieberman said on CNN Sunday.

The White House also reversed a Bush administration policy and previously appointed an ambassador to Syria. U.S. policy has been to not have formal diplomatic relations with a country that is on the U.S. terror list, which Syria is.

President Obama issued a strongly worded statement Friday condemning the violence and actions of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime.
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My advice: Just stay out of it. Something that perhaps they should have considered before the kinetic action in Libya.

[Casino67]

"We had a [Muammar al-]Qaddafi regime that was moving against its own people in a coordinated military fashion and was about to assault a very large city on the promise that it would show it -- the regime would show that city and its residents no mercy," Carney said of Libya."

 

Let's see, Assad is assaulting a very large city(Misrata) and kill it's citizens. How is that different than Qadaffy?

 

The WH is again lost for any action to take but will issue 'harsh' ineffective sanctions. But Assad is a reformer so he is okay. LOL. This administration is so pathetic. I would imagine Carter is thinking 'how could this guy get re-elected?'.

[NCTexan]

We are leading from behind.

 

Follow me men!

 

[Casino67]

ROFL on the caption on the poster. 'I read your book'.

[Argyle58]

Where is the left? Why no screams of "No Blood for Oil"? That is what the Lybian action is really about, and why our European allies are so insistant that we engage.

[NCTexan]

I'm still confused... What do bombs on the Tripoli compound, cruise missiles, and taking out tanks have to do with "No Fly Zone"?

 

I seem to remember Bush's Iraqi "No Fly Zone" was targeted at "Airplanes" and ground-to-air missile radar sites that were targeting our air cover.

 

The Left had a $#!T fit over that... but now "crickets".

 

[Pepper]

Syria has more to offer in terms of potential Western conversion (if that is Obama's policy) than Libya. Large groups of young and educated people. Just wanting to taste freedom and capitalism.

 

Then again, since Obama's policy is not a conversion of those nations to freedom and capitalism it all stands to reason that he lets people get killed by the hundreds with direct rifle fire while yawing.

 

 

 

Hey, how much was your gas fill ups for the month of April as opposed to when The Won took office?