The Obama administration is maintaining a “conspiracy of silence” as anti-American dictatorships come under fire from their own people in the Middle East, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said on Fox News. The possible presidential candidate also charged the administration is missing an opportunity to replace a dictatorship in Libya.
President Barack Obama has issued statements condemning the violence used against demonstrators in Libya and called on Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi to show restraint as has Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. However, the administration has been criticized for not taking a stronger line in support of the protesters.
Gingrich said that Libya and Iran, two countries that have recently had popular uprisings, are active opponents of the United States. Finding a way to replace those governments would benefit us, but the people in the streets get no U.S. support.
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Just want to get this straight.
These guys (Newt, Palin, Hannity, etc.) say that A) the dictators are evil heinous creatures that need to go, yet B) the US has either sat back quietly or offered outright support for many of them (Mubarak, Saudi kings, even Saddam) C) but Obama should stop "apologizing" because the US has done nothing wrong by historically assisting these evil heinous creatures. Is this about right?
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