Source: LA Times

As you might expect, Republicans aren’t exactly rushing to credit the Obama administration for first the downfall and now the death of Moammar Kadafi, even though the United States was part of the NATO force that backed the rebels who deposed the longtime Libyan leader.

Sens. John McCain and Marco Rubio, who have favored strong U.S. intervention in the Libyan conflict, took it one step further Thursday, praising the efforts of Britain and France in bringing down Kadafi.

That’s right. France. It wasn’t all that long ago that House Republicans were renaming their French fries.

“Let’s give credit where credit is due. It’s the French and the British that led on this fight and probably even led on the strike that led to Kadafi’s capture—or to his death,” Rubio told Fox News Channel before making similar remarks on the Senate floor.


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Marc Rubio was on CNN today saying that President Obama's Libya policy was a failure because we did not commit enough forces quickly enough and that if we had, the conflict would have been over in days. The President Obama's failure to engage in shock and awe lead to months of bloodshed. There is no support for their talking point, and it is flatly contradicted by the Afganistan and Iraq experience, but the corporate media simply lets Republicans spout these talking points without question.

Think about it. Apply the Republican logic and talking points to Iran, and what do you think a President Romney would do?