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The Arab League Leaves Obama High And Dry, Ctd

By The Daily Dish
Mar 21 2011, 12:42 PM ET

Goldblog fumes:

Does anyone believe that the Arab League, whose members include Bashar al-Assad, the Saud family, Yemen's Ali Abdullah Saleh, Muammar Qaddafi (now suspended for non-payment of dues and an overly-gauche defense of his regime) and until a few weeks ago Tunisia's Ben Ali and Egypt's Mubarak, is a force for progressive politics and humanitarianism? That it would ever stand with the West when it was uncomfortable to stand with the West?

But Donilon has said this was the most important factor in favor of the war.



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