Been a few days. A lot of has happened. Here is my long awaited take on what is going on in Libya:
So I posted a few times on Libya before saying we had to do something in terms of humanitarian assistance. I still believe we have to help the people of Libya in some way, but doing it this way strikes me as utter stupidity. The problem is that based off of Obama's statement that "Kadafi must go" we are now engaged in a military action that cannot end until he is removed from power or killed. When I said provide assistance to Libya I meant possibly dropping medical supplies, food and water and maybe some arms to help them defeat Kadafi. Now what we have done is that we have put ourselves smack dab in the middle of the conflict. I said in my first post that it is about oil and IT IS. The reason the British and French are so eager to step in is because of their oil interests in Libya. They will not say this on TV and keep to the it's a "humanitarian mission" jargon. I don't know what humanitarian mission involves firing 112 missiles into a country for starters. Let's be blunt about it: WE ARE AT WAR WITH LIBYA. It is now too late to turn back since we are involved. If we cared so much about innocent civilians dieing why didn't we do anything in Rwanda or Sudan? It is because they do not have the oil Libya does. That is plain and simple. In Bahrain in Saudi Arabia protesters are being suppressed quietly because that is our #1 oil kingpin. The government of Saudi Arabia is as corrupt as they come, but yet we do nothing about them. Our hypocrisy and double standards are breathtaking. Does anyone really believe we will not have ground forces in Libya? Of course we will. A no fly zone will not be enough to defeat Kadafi which is now our mission. Who takes his place if he is gone? We have put ourselves smack dab in a civil war while we are already engaged in 2 overseas wars and where our entire economy is crumbling. The world is an evil and mean place, but we cannot stop every killing and every war. We can do our best to help and aid the rebels without directly getting involved. That is our best option, but yet again we take the wrong position. Yet again we are getting involved where we shouldn't. Something smells like Iraq all over again. March 20, 2003. March 20, 2011. Yes it is exactly 8 years later.
