29.03.2011, 21:23
Zum Niveau der politischen Debatte über den Libyen Einsatz in den USA, die Worte des möglichen US Präsidentschaftskandidaten und Medienmoguls Donald Trump im konserativen Sender Fox News:
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TRUMP: [...] We've now spent $1 billion on Libya. And why isn't Saudi Arabia paying us? They have so much money it is coming out of their ears. [...] You have to ask yourself, who are we fighting for? They talk about the rebels. I hear on fairly good information that the rebels are closely associated with Iran and they are closely associated with Al Qaeda. Now, what are we going to do, put Iran into Libya? We are spending $1 billion and nobody is paying us back? Nobody is reimbursing us?
One final point, China, is the big user of oil from Libya. So why isn't China involved? Why are we doing this?
VAN SUSTEREN: What is your theory as to why we picked Libya? We could have picked any of the other countries where there was turmoil, Tunisia, Yemen, Egypt, Syria. I realize there are other reasons not to pick those countries, why Libya?
TRUMP: I guess they felt Qaddafi was an easy target, he was the most unpopular. The fact is he's nice compared to what they are doing in some of these other countries. He's treated them nicely compared to what I'm seeing is happening in some of the other countries. And on those countries we are not doing anything. So they figured he's unpopular, let's go after him.
And frankly, his oil from the standpoint of oil and even the standpoint of importance isn't as important, as you very well know, as some of the other countries that you are talking about. But ask yourself, China gets its oil from Libya. They are the largest customer. Why aren't they involved? Why is the United States footing a bill over a billion dollars so far and China is not involved? Why isn't Saudi Arabia and the so-called Arab league who is now gone, we don't hear from them anymore, why isn't the Arab League paying us for this?
VAN SUSTEREN: What is your theory we tricked into doing this by those other entities? What is your theory as to why we ended up there?
TRUMP: I think the all-time classic is where France, the great French military power, that France led us into war and they wanted to be first. And it was interesting -- their planes went over first and hit first, but they haven't been too involved since then. In other words, they are getting some of the credit, if you call it credit, and we are footing the bill.
And we are the only ones that can really do the job because we truly have a great military and we should make it even greater because we need a great military with the world imploding as it is. Why isn't China paying? Why isn't Saudi Arabia paying? This is what's wrong with our country because we have people that truly have no clue as to what they are doing leading our country.
VAN SUSTEREN: Donald, thank you, always nice to talk to you.
TRUMP: Thank you very much.
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