McCain is correct. We can cobble together a coalition so that it does not look like we’re doing this unilaterally and enforce a no fly zone. If we don’t hasten Gadaffi’s downfall, this region could continue into a civil war for a long time. That would destablize the whole region. Then when gas prices are 6 - 7 bucks a gallon and everything else related to those costs increase (food, goods shipped etc.) see if anyone’s carping about how much extra money it would have cost the military to enforce a no fly zone.
Then maybe we’ll learn a lesson and either drill here or starting relying on nuclear power once and for all . . . .
We step in and take the side of the rebels.
The rebels win.
That gives encouragement to the rebels in the other countries that they can do the same thing.
Chaos spreads.
No matter how you look at it, it's a no win.
Let them kill each other now, it's fewer muslims we have to kill later.
Just curious, but where in the Constitution do you find verbiage that allows the USA to intervene in the domestic affairs of a sovereign country simply because we currently get 2% of our oil from them? Instead of wasting more blood and treasure in a region that has been unstable for more than 2000 years why not focus our efforts on developing ALL of our domestic energy sources like nuclear, thorium, oil, natural gas, etc.? We have all the energy we need right here if the gubmint would quit prohibiting the development of our own domestic resources. We have lots and lots of energy sources right here in the good ‘ole USA. Screw the middle east!
If this is a conflict between Gadaffi and the Islamists, and it increasingly looks that way, then we should stay out of it. It would be beneficial to the US's long-term interests to have both sides kill each other.