Monday, May 23, 2011

Cynthia McKinney Slams U.S. On Libyan State TV

Cynthia McKinney Slams U.S. On Libyan State TV: "
Cynthia McKinney

Cynthia McKinney


You can count on former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney to speak her mind if she thinks something isn’t right. She really doesn’t think Western intervention in Libya is right! From CNN:


A former U.S. congresswoman slammed U.S. policy on Libyan state TV late Saturday and stressed the “last thing we need to do is spend money on death, destruction and war.”


The station is fiercely loyal to Moammar Gadhafi and her interview was spliced with what appeared to be rallies in support of the embattled Libyan leader.


“I think that it’s very important that people understand what is happening here. And it’s important that people all over the world see the truth. And that is why I am here … to understand the truth,” former Rep. Cynthia McKinney said during a live interview.


…At one point during the interview, state TV cut to what it said were live airstrikes, hitting Gadhafi’s compound.


“Is that a bomb?” McKinney asked.


“I want to say categorically and very clearly that these policies of war … are not what the people of the United States stand for and it’s not what African-Americans stand for,” she told state TV…


[continues at CNN]

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