Western officials continue to emphasize an “all options on the table” military attitude toward the Gadhafi regime in Libya, though it seems there is still enough resistance to the immediate attack called for by some top officials to keep it from actually happening.
Still, the moves continue to be in that direction, as Secretary of Defense Robert Gates noted today that NATO has agreed to move some of its Mediterranean ships closer to the coast of Libya. NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen insisted that NATO wouldn’t move further without a “clear legal basis.”
The European Union is also having a “crisis summit” to discuss Libya, and they likewise insist that “all options” are being considered, though the hawkish calls from French and British officials seem to be facing an uphill battle against German and Italian officials averse to starting yet another war.
As the fighting continues in Libya, officials have been hyping the prospect of a “no-fly zone,” though the fact that air strikes have only been intermittent have left many analysts wondering whether this would have any noticeable effect.
It's okay if we "accidentally" mass murder thousands of faceless peasants anywhere in the world because the world understands that when we intervene (with bombs) we are 100% doing it for purely altruistic reasons, we're helping people. So when those people we are supposed to be helping end up in mass graves, it's all good because the world knows that our intentions and motives were nothing but good and pure.
Thousands? The faceless peasants should be that lucky to be slain by the thousandths only.
Why are Americans condemning Ghadaffi for slaughtering civilians with his airplanes while they themselves are in Afghanistan – slaughtering civilians with their airplanes? Reminds me of how Americans like to lecture countries like China over 'human right's – even as the USA runs torture chambers and kangaroo courts. Smart.
Has Libya done anything that can even remotely be construed as an act of war against America or any European nation?
Then there's nothing to discuss. It's amazing how minding your own damn business is a totally foreign concept thanks to the precedent's set by America's ceaseless meddling.
There is probably nothing that can be said on this forum or anywhere online that is going to have any effect on the decisions that are gong to be made (or probably already made). The Archons, for whatever reasons are most likely going to get us involved in another foreign intervention. With that said, I would ask Obama 2 questions:
How are you going to pay for this new expedition?
And are you going to ask Congress for a Declaration of War, as the Constitution requires?
I don't expect an answer to either but at least someone asked.
Mr. Curmudgeonvt…Look you are asking questions which the government is sensitive about; therefore, they don’t answer them, if they answer yes to war then they have to obey the Zionism with Paul Wolfowitz in top and Donald Rumsfeled in command where George W. Bush would watch and clap hands, if they say no to war then US militarism regime wouldn’t like it. If the answer is that they are brook and need to barrow the money needed for war from China then Chins central committee this time would demand a genuine collateral.., oh let say.., half of US in writing.., if they say that they have to rise the taxes for middle class, working class and all other class in between.., like poor.., poorer.., and those who don’t have anything at all yet thought that Obama was a socialist making free healthcare system for them.., then no one would vote for them in the next election.., did I answer your questions..?
How unpredictable! In the interim they all sit back and allow Qaddafi to slaughter the protesters and everybody else in sight. The more he kills, the better. When they're all dead, then, they'll move in and it will be Iraq Redux. What disgusting pigs they all are!
Mr. thedissenter.., so you mean that Saddam was killing its people and making WMD to attack US and EU before US and EU went in Iraq and Slaughtered millions of babies before the invasion and continued killing young and elderly in Falujah…? Or do you support the Iranian regime and their puppets in Libya and therefore you call the armed forces of a Islamic group a demonstrator…?