The “fall of Tripoli” bounce appears to have been short-lived. While a single poll taken last week showed the months of opposition to the war in Libya had turned, magically, into support for the conflict (no doubt fueled by TV reports that the war was virtually over and a victory), the latest poll shows a return to opposition, and a strong one.
The new poll, by Fox News, shows that 55% of Americans, with a majority across both Democrats and Republicans and a supermajority of Independents oppose US involvement in the war in Libya. Only 30% supported the war.
Interestingly enough, with officials trying to spin foreign aid as a compromise to full scale military intervention, the poll showed an even bigger majority of Americans, with 64% opposition and only 25% support.
The return of the opposition is particularly encouraging at a time when UN officials are discussing “peacekeepers” on the ground, as it will likely discourage (at least to some extent) administration officials from jumping into the role of occupier when the opportunity inevitably presents itself.
Congress should take heed…at this time when the American citizens (well, some of us) are being asked – no, that's wrong, we're being told to sacrifice, they better think long and hard about sending any of our tax dollars to Libya – for any purpose. I heard them talking the other night about the US paying to rebuild Libya's infrastructure and then paying to maintain it…Bullshit. The rebels broke it, they can fix it. Aren't they a wealthy oil rich country? Let them pay for it. We should also bill them for the munitions we used to put them into power.
The American people are fed up. And despite my personal view that the American people mostly are disinterested and lazy when it comes to how they are governed, they have been pushed into a corner and forced to take notice that things are not being done fairly – ain't no equality here. I've talked to people who have shown absolutely no interest in these things in the past who are seriously perturbed – and vote. Perhaps there is hope for a political revolution – the waking up of the American electorate…perhaps…we'll see…
So the sleazy rebels deceived the clean and immaculate US government (CIA included). Poor little Red Ridding Hood (aka he USA) who was taken in by the Big Bad Wolf (aka rebels). Since when can anybody (Israel excluded) twist the big and hairy arm of the US to make them do what they don't want?
I ststed from the very begining there plan was to illegaly occupie Lybia just like they did and are doing in Afganistan and Iraq and others.They never went to war to save civilians they help the rebals and killed civilians.
FOX News? WTF? Am I reading that right? I seriously doubt that. There is never a bad war for that lot. And since I don't believe in god, I don't believe in miracles either.
It's an Obama war – not a Bush war – so that makes it "special." Well within the normal talking points for FOX.