There’s almost a conspiracy of silence, if it’s an anti-American government. If you’re the Iranians, if you are the Libyans, for that matter, if you’re the Chinese, you are able to suppress your people and the American government stays quiet.
— Newt Gingrich, on Fox News Feb. 22, explaining why the Obama administration was weak on Libya.
Prior to March 3, I would have strongly recommended an Eisenhower-Reagan model … you should have said nothing. Be very quiet. Condemn the violence. Do everything you can covertly.
— Gingrich, quoted today by the Washington Post on Libya.
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