tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-119906447472922361.post1282882750031742889..comments2023-12-21T22:03:18.964-08:00Comments on Sound and fury, signifying nothing: Libyan quagmireDade Cariagahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13431049944346345893noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-119906447472922361.post-11917098686097914572011-03-24T15:39:21.366-07:002011-03-24T15:39:21.366-07:00What's done is done, we're involved. If it...What's done is done, we're involved. If it goes like Obama says, and we hand off and fade back, we've helped enforce a UN mandate asked for and supported by the Arab league with little or no harm done to the civilians we went in to protect. No harm, no foul. But, the second it looks like this coalition is going beyond the mandate, we should start screaming and push for pulling out of it. <br /><br />We need, right now, to concentrate on getting out of Afghanistan and Iraq and pushing congress to cut the DOD. particularly our overinflated Navy back at least 30%. We are not the cops of the world and there is no reason the 160 odd other nations cannot support UN resolutions. <br /><br />We have a more than adequate military, and the largest and best armed coalition of allies in the world. There is no threat now or in the next 10 years of any country or group of countries posing a viable threat to America.<br /><br />It's time to take that money, start paying our debts, and investing in the people and infrastructure of this country. Foreign wars have been used in the past to distract people from the problems at home. We can not afford for that to happen here or now.<br /><br />If very costly steps are not taken now, this decade, America will soon be reduced to a nation of rich and poor with no middle class and no future other than becoming a thieving empire. <br /><br />If we left Iraq, why do we still have tens of thousands of troops there in one of the largest military bases in the world? The only answer I can see is to have a launching point for future wars.<br /><br />Why are we still fighting in Afghanistan? An army to deal with a handful of terrorists and religious fanatics? Destroy the poppy fields and leave and let the Afghans fight their own civil war.<br /><br />Support the UN resolution as a minor player, and back out if it goes beyond that. <br /><br />A decade of pointless war is enough.<br /><br />It's time to come home and rebuild America.Waynenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-119906447472922361.post-69195174015176385782011-03-23T11:30:50.015-07:002011-03-23T11:30:50.015-07:00Each Tomahawk missile launched costs $575,000 to r...Each Tomahawk missile launched costs $575,000 to replace.<br /><br />In the opening salvo, we launched 84 of them. <br /><br />Yet we are being told that "austerity measures" require us to cut back Social Security, de-fund humanitarian programs at home and throw our teachers under the bus.<br /><br />I think France and the rest of the coalition have this one covered. We're not needed, and we shouldn't be opening another front.UnitFourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10925015348412332541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-119906447472922361.post-65650893161266478082011-03-23T02:19:47.704-07:002011-03-23T02:19:47.704-07:00Hi Dade:
Wilson provided the moral answer to mess...Hi Dade:<br /><br />Wilson provided the moral answer to messing in the domestic politics of a sovereign state.<br /><br />It is time for Qaddafi to go but not this way.<br /><br />The US and its allies has no business in Libya.<br /><br />If this is an issue of humanitarian intervention what about the oil=less Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Ivory Coast ...<br /><br />Sad time for peaceful diplomacy (South Africa sold out by joining the war-mongers).<br /><br />Just my 2.5 cents<br /><br />Peace Dade,<br />RidwanRidwanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758153484699728802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-119906447472922361.post-6162647043181482532011-03-22T22:28:28.681-07:002011-03-22T22:28:28.681-07:00Ugh. More people dying and another $100M/day adven...Ugh. More people dying and another $100M/day adventure. Yeah, that's just what we need. Like previous engagements, I suspect this is probably more about oil than about liberty, democracy, or human rights. I didn't see us (US) jumping in both feet to the rescue of Somalia, Sudan, Zimbabwe or even Tibet. <br /><br />I believe in "provide for the common defense" but in my interpretation that means defending off our own shores. Get them home from all fronts!<br />-TimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com