Comments on: Do you support foreign military action in Libya?

By: ukok

ukok — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 09:48:34 +0000

Who is going to pay for the wars? We are already under water for national budget and also big deficit. I see no reason to pick up another “easy” war. This will not benefit the cotry a a whole only the military industry.

By the way, congress didn’t authorize the launch of airstike. It is against constitution.

By: BOBBY99

BOBBY99 — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 02:11:48 +0000

If Saddam ever had and used chemical weapons, and at one time he did, he got them from US Taxpayers. We bought them and gave them to him to use against Iran and the Kurds.
We stripped him of these weapons before the eight year idiot war was started by bush. bush lied, and we still have billions a week expense doing it.
We fund most of the dictators in the world. Democracy will break out eventually, in spite of our efforts.
Daisy Cut MoMo and let Libya try to get some democracy.
bobby99

By: BOBBY99

BOBBY99 — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 02:01:00 +0000

We have a thing which the artist Mel Chin has represented in full size and it has allegedly been dropped on civilians. It is known as a Daisy Cutter, a ten-thousand pound bomb. Its name is a clue: it detonates above ground and for acres there will stand nothing taller than a Daisy.
We target and murder people often, and while I do not approve and I believe it is counterproductive, why is a mass murdering dictator given diplomatic immunity? Just one at his last known address would either finish the problem, or demoralize the survivors.
One Daisy Cutter, not scattered strikes on private soldiers, would stop MoMo G., and only two more would stop his sons.
bobby99

By: beofaction

beofaction — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 01:29:33 +0000

So let me get this straight. Most of Europe, and a good many Americans – especially Obama – decried our move to take out Saddam, but this is OK? Aside from the fact that Saddam owned -and used- chemical weapons, could’ve taught Gaddafi a thing or two about killing his own people, Iraq is strategically positioned on the border of Iran and the Persian gulf. What in the world will taking out Gaddafi do for us?
And besides, do the Western leaders really believe they can “sort of” make war? The world has been feminized. Our leaders don’t have balls anymore – and I’m talking about the men!

By: iclrl2015

iclrl2015 — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 00:49:46 +0000

Okay, so the Cameron/Obama/Sarkozy/Harper gang’s justification is that a ruthless dictator must be stopped from killing his own people. What the hell happened to North Korea? In Libya, the opposition has guns. In North Korea, the people are getting raped but are too brainwashed to realize. Kim Jong-Il is literally starving his people while eating food from his 5-star chef!

By: MrEz

MrEz — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 23:31:43 +0000

Not good times for anyone any where in the world mostly brought on by greed around the world but at no time can any of us avoid an opportunity to support a democratic development where dictatorships have forever kept the world on edge and caste a dark shadow on human hope. As weary tired and broke as we can be..We have to help those who are even more weary and tired of living but not living at all.

By: cjjn

cjjn — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 23:06:06 +0000

100 cruise missiles shot over the first day or two alone at a reported $700,000 a piece ($70 million dollars for the first day alone) a downed fighter jet I would imagine is somewhere between $15-$22 million dollars for a total of $92 million dollars and that’s just for a few different types of equipment during the first few days the tip of the ice berg that isn’t counting all money it costs to move aircraft carriers, battle ships, fuel and everything else involved with this silliness.

For what? To get some rebel fighters who no one knows who they are who appear to be hardcore muslim radicals (some interviewed said they didn’t like Gaddafi because he wasn’t muslim enough) and may even have ties to al queda into power?

Why? What a waste of American money, time and resources.

By: markjuliansmith

markjuliansmith — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 22:55:42 +0000

It is interesting to read historical accounts of those actually subject to tyranny such as a Russian in a Stalin gulag and a Jew in Auschwitz both wished for the bombs to rain from the sky to release them from their hell on earth. They did not care if they were killed in the process but at least it would be an indication fellow humanity was willing to fight to save them.

Alas the Berlin wall came down to late for most and the Allies were not able to prevent the worst of the genocide against other by the German Nazi not only against Jews. Are we now to condemn these victims of tyranny to a similar fate as we sit on the side lines pontificating on how nasty war is and gee why don’t they just sit down nicely and work it out? If we lived in pacifist fairy land great idea but we do not and never have.

So for those on the streets now of Africa and the Middle East bravely facing death unarmed or with comparatively less fire power than their rivals as in Libya. Do we once again forsake them because it is none of our business given they are other or do we realise finally we are as responsible for them and their families happiness as we are for our own?

One day soon we may search vainly the sky and horizon for release from heavy chains or imminent destruction of all we love and cherish.

By: INOV8TN

INOV8TN — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 22:16:47 +0000

The US Constitution demands that every US President obtain a Declaration of War from Congress unless the US is in imminent danger. – -

President Obama ignored Congress and went on a junket. – -

President Bush II was guilty of the same crimes and it’s a pity and an indictment of our society that he wasn’t impeached. – -

Just because we ‘don’t like’ a foreign leader does not give our country the right or the moral imperitive to meddle offensively in their matters. – -

Having the UN front for our trespasses doesn’t make them right.

We were supposed to be in and out of Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan. None of these predictions came true.

We can’t afford to be the world’s policeman.

By: Bert2

Bert2 — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 21:27:57 +0000

George W. Bush stated that the Iraq war was justified to free the Iraqi people and spread democracy. That was a full invasion. Now we have potentially the whole Arab world doing exactly that (take matters in their own hand) and we don’t even want to give them aircover and drop some bombs?? Come on people, stop the hypocrisy. Have you seen anyone burning US flags? I haven’t and I think that is a good thing for once. So let’s give them a helping hand. They may thank us. Other than that, we should stop buying their oil. No oil, no money for their leaders/dictators.