Cluck U wrote:In other words, Obushma has struck again.GannonFan wrote: The thing is, Afghanistan was never a solely US-affair either. Both operations, Afghanistan and Libya, have had full US backing. The real fighting on the ground in both affairs have been done by indigenous rebel groups, but just having British and French pilots flying the sorties doesn't mean that it isn't America doing the strategy. British and French were in Afghanistan too. I agree with your comment that Libya isn't as backwards and Stone-Agish as Afghanistan is, but it's not really that far off from that. This isn't Iraq where there is a decently-educated populace, and it's not Egypt either - there's not much history, ancient or recent, pointing to Libya being a nice, stable place. It's almost the desert version of Afghanistan.
For the record, I have no problem with toppling Quadaffi (sp?), I'm just realistic in that I think Libya's going to be a place for decades, if not longer, that could cause trouble for us in the future. I wouldn't doubt that a President 10-20 years from now will need to clear out whoever rules that place, just like we'll have to indefinitely do with Afghanistan.
We've just spend a billion dollars (the reported money so far, but you know it was far more than that) toppling another bad guy who just a little while ago was one of our friends. Oil prices went up and cost us, and will still be costing us, billions and billions more. And what has Obama done to help the US economy? Nada.
And where did the looted weapons go?You think Obama's Mexican gun swap snafu was a bad thing...wait until Ghaddaffi's weapons start turing up in the strangest places.
Don't worry though, Obama is still helping Haliburton make money and they've got things under control. CHANGE, indeed...
Oh, and Libya has billions stored away in western banks...all locked up by the West. You can bet Obama and company will make sure that money goes to the poor Libyans.
Another bitter Conk who can't stand to see a black man succeed....
