Newt Gingrich flip-flops on Libya ... big time

Daily Kos Staff

Wednesday March 23, 2011 · 2:05 PM PDT

2011/03/23 · 14:05

What a shock. Newt Gingrich has done a complete flip-flop on how a President Gingrich would have handled the situation in Libya:

VAN SUSTEREN: What would you do about Libya?
GINGRICH: Exercise a no-fly zone this evening, communicate to the Libyan military that Gadhafi was gone and that the sooner they switch sides, the more likely they were to survive ... This is a moment to get rid of him. Do it. Get it over with.

[and]

GINGRICH: I think that two wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is a lot ... I would not have intervened. I think there were a lot of other ways to affect Qaddafi. I think there are a lot of allies in the region we could have worked with. I would not have used American and European forces.

So, what changed? It's simple. On March 7, President Obama hadn't announced that the United States would be involved in a military action to institute a no-fly zone over Libya. On March 23, U.S. forces were actively involved in instituting a no-fly zone over Libya.

In other words, the Republican position on all issues for the next 20 or so months: if Obama is for it, they're against it. If Obama is against it, they're for it. Always.

(h/t Think Progress)

Newt Gingrich flip-flops on Libya ... big time

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