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In one thread you state that we shouldn't intervene at all and in this thread you state that we should intervene with material and logistical help ...
It's nice to know that your following along.
My reality and yours are quite different.
I think we're all Bozos on this bus.
Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239
I think we're all Bozos on this bus.
Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239
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Call it what you want, we just attacked another country that never fired a shot at us, for what?
Defense my ass, Libya was no threat to us.
Consider this hypothetical.
You're walking down a street and you see a big kid beating the crap out of a smaller kid. You personally aren't in any danger, but the big kid has a baseball bat and he's starting to wail on the little kid with it.
What do YOU do?
Do you;
A) Stand there and just watch the fight happen?
B) Take the baseball bat away from the big kid?
C) Kill the big kid.
Lousy analogy.
We're here at home. What we do at home is OUR business.
Your analogy would have been better served had you said, "Libya sent a pro hit man over here to kill the big kid.
How do you respond now?
My reality and yours are quite different.
I think we're all Bozos on this bus.
Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239
I think we're all Bozos on this bus.
Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239
QuoteBecause it's something that can actually be done.
...as if there were no other choices.
Yeah.. We CAN bomb the fuck out of them so LET'S DO IT! Yayyyyyy!!!!!!
Unbelievable attitude and reasoning.
QuoteThe US removes the Libyan government's ability to bomb its own people. It has an instant and very large effect on making the playing field a bit more level.
So, it's OK to level every playing field everywhere on the planet, eh?
Unbelievable attitude and reasoning.
My reality and yours are quite different.
I think we're all Bozos on this bus.
Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239
I think we're all Bozos on this bus.
Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239
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It is the best thing that the US is there with a strong enough military to stand up against the true despots in this world.
True enough. The problem is that we use that ability against other countries, within their borders, to interfere with their national methodology. The Big Brother syndrome.
That interference causes us enormous problems throughout the world. We are not well-liked because of our interference. "Yankee Go Home" didn't come about because we were doing good things for others. It came about because we are interfering. Simple as that.
QuoteThis Libyan crisis is very goood chance to do a very good deed indeed.
Nope. Not at all. It's another chance to exercise, what has become, our self-proclaimed function in life to be Big Brother to the world.
Question:
How long do you think it will be, after Omar is put out (if he is), before the people we supported in this mess will be screaming "Yankee Go Home"?
Our goobermint and the war mongers will never learn.
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My reality and yours are quite different.
I think we're all Bozos on this bus.
Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239
I think we're all Bozos on this bus.
Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239
Because it's something that can actually be done.
It's the reason I phrased the hypothetical the way I did. The US removes the Libyan government's ability to bomb its own people. It has an instant and very large effect on making the playing field a bit more level. Nothing like that could be done in Sudan.
As for your comment about oil -- that's lunacy. Sudan's largest export IS oil. About 520,000 barrels per day.
And I am sure the Sudan people benefit.
Sorry, lobbing cruise missiles just because we can is not always the best option.
Just my opinion, but I always wanted captain Kirk to blast the Klingons because it was cool to see the bad guys get hammered.
You Know, the old freedom verses evil thing.
C-ya