Posted on 03/31/2011 4:26:12 AM PDT by opentalk
“It is one of those times when I feel estranged from the country and not comprehending of what we are doing and why everyone is so gung-ho for it all.” Rod Liddle on the Anglo-French/American Libyan intervention Spectator March 26.
“One can only gape in stunned amazement at the extent of the idiocy being displayed by the leaders of America, Britain and Europe over the ‘Arab Spring'--which should surely be renamed ‘the Arab Boomerang’.” Melanie Phillips on Libya in her Spectator blog.
...Here are just ten of the reasons why we shouldn’t be there:
1. We cannot afford it. Liberal interventionism belongs to another era: the era when we imagined we had enough money to prosecute wars...
2. The Arabs won’t thank us for it –which kind of defeats the object, given that the sole real point of this misbegotten enterprise was to show the Middle East how lovely and caring we were and sensitive to Islamic feelings. Only once we’d secured the Arab League’s approval did we dare launch the mission. And now, guess what: they’ve decided they think it’s a bad idea after all.
3. We are fighting for Al Qaeda. Not traditionally one of our allies.
4. According to this video from the Cato institute, there are five key questions to be asked before actions of this kind: Is it in the national interest? Is there public support? Have the costs and consequences been considered? Is there are clear military mission? Have we exhausted all available options? The Libya debacle fails on ALL counts.
(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.telegraph.co.uk ...
Obama times Ten.
preemptive war to prevent something that isn’t in any way shape or form a threat to the US is generally a bad idea IMO.Plus, when arabs are killing arabs, it makes no sense to me to stop them.
It’s the war which no one outside the political class wants to wage because almost no one outside the political class is so foolish as to imagine any good will come of it.
Excellent article, especially the bit at the end about Obama and the left ignoring the much bigger humanitarian debacle caused by biofuels.
Interesting point she makes about the French and being sucked into a French colonial war.
She doesn’t say so, but of course this was exactly what happened in Vietnam.
His poll numbers remain dismal, but he has successfully distracted the MSM from the economy.
When a government is NOT listening to its people, and is broke, should it be making decisions, like, going to war?
When said government chooses to avoid speaking to other coequal parts of the government, should it be making independent decisions like, going to war?
When the said branch of government doing all the not listening and avoiding, appears to be run by committee, or a dick tator, should it be allowed to make decisions of going to war?
Dumbo couldn’t lead a Kindergarten assault on a bag of M&M’s
..not so, the MSM is covering,like in hiding, the ugliness
Some very good points. Too bad Obama isn’t listening.
Perhaps, but the rest of America still has to buy food, gas and work. That's not going to help his numbers any!
Exactly , Reason #3
BTTT
Great post.
Prayers for Japan.
Tatt
Liberals don’t know how to fight wars.....
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