It blows my mind that a dictator that we've wanted removed for 30 years is still in power slaughtering citizens. President Bill Clinton, Senator John McCain, Senator John Kerry, and even Liz Cheney have voiced strong opinion for the U.S. to join France & The U.K. in pushing for action. Last week Kadafi-Gadafi-Gaddafi-Qaddafi was on the ropes and was almost looking to flee.
Opposition to action say that a no fly zone equals occupation. Well it probably does now, because the army is not cornered now and the rebels are! I don't understand when the rebels had 2/3 of the country and their own government set up, why we didn't hit the terrorist government with some Cruise Missiles or take out the terrorist air defense systems in the eastern half of Libya with the rebels help.
France would have probably done it themselves if we provided back up...which is already in position. We have spent 800-900 BILLION in the Middle East, mainly brought on by two people, and we can't spend a tiny amount less than 1% of that to push a known terrorist government out? Something does not add up at all. Did no one notice the 3 yr. old that stepped onto the sidewalk and was gunned down by the Libyan army? Did no one see the children with shrapnel sticking out of them caused by army mortar rounds? Pull an amount of troops and equipment out of Afganistan to pay for the help to Libya rebels, BUT DO IT!
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