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Permalink Reply by David Roberts on March 20, 2011 at 7:53am

While I am not going to jump on the boat of "OIL", I don't agree with my country( U.S.) going in to another conflict. The U.S. is already trying to cut back on domestic spending, so I don't see how we are in the place for more fighting. A lot of my friends are for the "no fly zone" and if NATO just did a "no fly zone" then I could be for it, but I don't see it stopping there. The rebels are not well funded or trained. They don't have a good chance unless we pour a good amount of money and resource( like soldiers) into them. Also, I think that we are doing this for human right, but only because to distance to Europe. When rebels are killed in large numbers in the Central Republic of Africa NATO doesn't jump in. We don't invaded North Korea yet, they seem to be more or a threat. I do hope that in the choices that our countries have made that Libya a better place for its people. I just hope it is soon and not in ten years.

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Permalink Reply by Arcus on March 20, 2011 at 10:08am

These types of events are the ones that define America and its place in the world. The cost of being a superpower is that you will be looked at to resolve events like these. Inactivity would mean that another dictator would check if they can get away with, literally, murder. If America stops interfering there will be a massive arms race in the world to become the second superpower which then will be looked upon to weigh in. In the current situation, that would most likely be China.

I sometimes disagree with their solutions, but I understand their position. In this case, the US have to support on a limited scale. 'Support' because otherwise the danger of being perceived uninvolved, 'limited' because of your other recent Arab excursion.

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Permalink Reply by Scarlette Blues on March 20, 2011 at 12:23pm

You bring up a good point. We're all ready so deep in the hole that I'm not sure we'll ever see a "debt-free" country, at least not in my lifetime. Where's this money to fund the war coming from anyways?

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Permalink Reply by Richard Raymond on March 20, 2011 at 10:41am

You can not fight a war by just bombing the enemy from over head! Ground troops are inevitable if you're going to win the war. The U.S. and allies will have to go from house to house to drive the Gadhafi troops out. When will we ever learn! Just like the old folk song, "Where Have all the Flowers Gone?" Listen to the lyrics and learn something. History continues to repeat itself. If people think trying to get rid of dictators by bombing them will succeed, then they haven't been around long enough to learn their lesson. I'd like to see a bomb dropped on the Vatican because of the support of pedophelia worldwide by the Pope. Priorities... yeah right! I'm not bitter! B.S.

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Permalink Reply by Scarlette Blues on March 20, 2011 at 12:27pm

I hope that we don't send in ground troops but who knows how this will end, or have to end. Realistically, I don't really see us not sending them in though.

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Permalink Reply by Arcus on March 20, 2011 at 12:49pm

I think it will be France and UK which initially supply the combat troops, the US has a good claim on being overstretched. Or you might see other countries starting to offer more troops to Afghanistan to resupply the US, so indirectly sending in the troops.

In either event, I think there will be just about enough support in Libya after Gadaffi to avoid any protracted situation, granted whoever takes office does not committ genocide and allow parts of the old regime to stay on condition of immunity. There are no allies of Gadaffi right now, even Russia and China tacitly accept it.

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Permalink Reply by Michael Frazier on March 20, 2011 at 2:49pm

I absolutely agree here, I only wish I could have put it in the same words. lol It very much feels like a situation we will be "Putting a lid on", and if/when it does become shaken up again, won't be too difficult to contain.

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Permalink Reply by Arcus on March 22, 2011 at 2:52am

It will be interesting to see if the EU and Arab countries will abide by the Pottery Barn principle (you break it, you buy it) if shit starts heading south.

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Permalink Reply by William C. Walker on March 20, 2011 at 11:10am

Bush 2 'poisoned the well'. His criminal invasion of Iraq has soured us on foreign wars. Someone persuaded Obama to 'buy into' Bush's blunder. Why don't the rulers of Saudi Arabia, etc. do a little 'police work' here ?

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Permalink Reply by Arcus on March 20, 2011 at 5:56pm

I really, really don't want a bunch of Saudis running the middle east unchecked.. That is a major mistake which will have severe consequences. It was to a large extent extremist from this very country that inspired the Taliban and the terror attacks.

Yeah, the blunder in Iraq is pretty bad, and the price of that mistake is the quagmire you are in. Obama's hand is forced, he is unable to get out without creating a massive geopolitical issue in case a hostile Iran decides to test the boundaries.

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Permalink Reply by Hope on March 20, 2011 at 6:23pm

my dear,

So, what to do?...let  Gaddafi continue in his crimes

.. there is no choice..believe me......

and Saudi Arabia is not running the middle east.. not at all.. this is called "a legal war" this is the whole idea.

Saudi Arabia has it's strategic position in the middle east..and Obama is indeed an intelligent leader by choosing this resolution .

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Permalink Reply by Arcus on March 20, 2011 at 6:37pm

Don't worry, I'm not saying the US should sit out this one, or any other geopolitical event for that matter. I make the point on the previous page.

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