Wednesday, August 17, 2011

The numbering of Libya's days

 Looks like the White house has been on top of this Libya thing all along. It's a simple math problem really. Just number his (Kadafi's) days and let him know that we are on top of it and that we will not rest etc. etc.

Meanwhile:
White House Press Briefing March 30, 2011 Jay Carney


And there are different developments each day, but the trend we think is clear and the pressure on Qaddafi will continue -- both on his forces through the military operation and all the ways that we’ve discussed, through the measures that the United States and its international partners have taken to isolate him, to put pressure on him, to pressure those around him to realize that their days are numbered, the days of this regime are numbered, and that they may want to reconsider where they stand.

White House Press Briefing May 11, 2011 Jay Carney


It depends on what you mean by “personally involved.”  He’s briefed regularly on it and in some detail, but he’s obviously not -- the United States is not taking the lead in this mission, so he’s not playing a lead role in that sense.  We believe that NATO is fully capable and is proving itself fully capable of fulfilling the mandate of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973, and believe that, as we've said in the past, if that mission is successfully accomplished in protecting civilians, enforcing an arms embargo, enforcing a no-fly zone, and the other measures that are being taken -- the non-military measures that have been taken by the United States and the international community continue to have an impact, that Muammar Qaddafi’s days are numbered.

And now there is this from our newly appointed Secretary of Defense, Leon Panetta. 



So how's that all going again?

How many days is it this time? I always thought that days meant less than a week and weeks meant less than months and months meant less than......well you get the idea.


So days is it? You don't say.......................

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