2016ers on 2011 Libyan Civil War

2016 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ON THE 2011 LIBYAN CIVIL WAR Christie CHRISTIE COMPARED REAGAN’S FIRING OF STRIKING AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS TO HIS INTERVENTION IN “A LIBYA THAT SUPPORTED TERROR” Christie Said The Ronald Reagan “Who Attacked A Libya That Supported Terror Was The Same Reagan Who Stood Up Years Before To PATCO At Home.” Christie: “President Reagan’s willingness to articulate a determined stand and then carry it out at home sent the signal that the occupant of the Oval Office was someone who could be predicted to stand by his friends and stand up to his adversaries. If President Reagan would do that at home, leaders around the world realized that he would do it abroad as well. Principle would not stop at the water’s edge. The Reagan who challenged Soviet aggression, or who attacked a Libya that supported terror was the same Reagan who stood up years before to PATCO at home for what he believed was right.” [Reagan Library, 9/21/11] CHRISTIE SAID PRESIDENT OBAMA HAD TAKEN LEADERSHIP ROLE IN LIBYAN CONFLICT Christie Said President Obama Had Taken The Leadership Role In Libyan Conflict—“He's Calling The Shots, And We All Know That.” MORGAN: “Would you like to see a spreading of that load going forward, where America's not the go-to country -- for military support, for helping out with despotic regimes and so on?” CHRISTIE: “Well, America's always got to be the leader in that regard.” MORGAN: “Does it have to be?” CHRISTIE: “I think it does –” MORGAN: “I mean, look at Libya and the way President Obama dealt with that. You know, he quite deliberately decided America wasn't going to be the leader.” CHRISTIE: “Yes. But we really are. I mean, come on, let's face it, we are. He's calling the shots, and we all know that. And so, let's not be kidding because they call it something different. America's taken the responsibility.” [Piers Morgan Tonight, CNN, 6/14/11] 2009: CHRISTIE SAID “GADHAFI WOULD NOT SET FOOT IN NEW JERSEY” UNDER HIS ADMINISTRATION 2009: Libyan Dictator Moammar Gadhafi Planned To Stay At A Property In New Jersey Ahead Of A United Nations Meeting. “Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi won't be pitching a Bedouin tent on the grounds of an Englewood estate if he comes to the United States for a United Nations meeting next month, the State Department announced Friday night… The Libyan government bought the estate in 1982 and is now renovating it, and many officials assumed it was in anticipation of Gadhafi's visit next month. Local and state officials said they believed that Gadhafi, who is known to stay in a tent village with a massive entourage that joins him on his travels, planned to set up camp at the Englewood estate. And they weren't happy about it.” [The Record, 8/29/09] Christie: “Gadhafi Would Not Set Foot In New Jersey In A Christie Administration.” “Press of Atlantic City on the reaction of New Jersey's elected officials to speculation that Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi might visit the state: So who was the most opposed to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi coming to New Jersey? Was it Gov. Jon S. Corzine? ‘Gadhafi is not welcome in New Jersey by anybody's standards,’ Corzine said. Was it Corzine's Republican opponent, Chris Christie? ‘Gadhafi would not set foot in New Jersey in a Christie administration,’ Christie said.” [Editorial, Press of Atlantic City, 8/31/09] Cruz RICK PERRY CALLED FOR REBELS TO FORM A UNIFIED CIVIL GOVERNMENT IN LIBYA THAT GUARANTEED “PERSONAL FREEDOMS” Rick Perry Called For Rebels To Form A Unified, Civil Government In Libya That Guaranteed “Personal Freedoms.” “But on Monday evening, as the rebels surged through Tripoli, Mr. Romney told Neil Cavuto of Fox Business Network that ‘the world celebrates the idea of getting rid of Qaddafi.’ And instead of assessing Mr. Obama’s actions, he called on a new Libyan government to extradite the man convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing. […] The developments were cause for ‘cautious celebration,’ said Gov. Rick Perry of Texas, one of the first candidates to release a statement. ‘The lasting impact of events in Libya will depend on ensuring rebel factions form a unified, civil government that guarantees personal freedoms, and builds a new relationship with the West where we are allies instead of adversaries.’” [New York Times, 8/22/11] AFTER GADHAFI’S DEATH PERRY WANTED THE U.S. TO “WORK CLOSELY WITH LIBYA TO ENSURE THE TRANSITION IS SUCCESSFUL” AFTER THE KILLING OF QADDAFI, AND “TAKE AN ACTIVE ROLE”