Posted on 03/25/2011 7:46:01 PM PDT by tricky_k_1972
Well it has been a while since I have commented on this board, I hate just repeating what others have said, and this might still be the case, but I will go ahead and lay out my case.
First we have no true idea what this "conflict" is about, heck we're calling it everything except a war.
Our generals have no clue who is in charge, much less what the mission is.
We have differing politicians saying differing opinions on what the strategy is and what the goals are, and our leader, I say this with no hesitation, because he is in fact, if not in action, the leader of the free world, cannot decide what he wants.
We have no idea how to effectively accomplish our stated goals, when they don't change from hour to hour, and which command structure is in charge of enforcing these goals.
Our military is left in the dark about what the mission is and how to best accomplish it. What are the standards for engaging the enemy and what are the rules of war as it pertains to "non-combatants"? What are the targets? What are the acceptable weapons/tools/personnel?
And finally we are dealing with an ally whom is not exactly a white hat, and has in some ways aliened themselves with our greater enemy, al-Qaeda.
So no true good guy and one batch (maybe two) of really bad guys, seems like we have been here before. ,
I can’t read between one line.
¨This is Illyria, Lady.¨ —Twelfth Night
IMHO the Europeans are scared the House of Saud may fall, or at least there may be major disruptions in oil from the Middle East. They are dependent on Russia, Saudi Arabia, Iran and Libya to keep the lights on. Therefore they need Libya secured and back on line as soon as possible in case something else blows up.
Obama is just the patsy they dragged into their fight.
You can be sure that at his next State of the Union, OBozo will have a metric for “Kinetic Military Actions” saved or created!
But there’s a light at the end of the tunnel-—Obama’s failed re-election bid.
0bama doesn’t give a damn about being re-elected. His mission is being accomplished now.
Yeah well if it is it’s all good cuz Obama is Teflon. For the moment.
YOU LIE! erh, . . . LIYA!
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