> Here are the problems with touching Libya in any way: > > (1.) China and Russia. > Neither of these countries agree, nor would endorse - and might not tolerate > - any act of war on a sovereign country. Like it or not, Libya is sovereign > country and taking out air defenses to establish a no-fly zone is by any > measure an act of war.
Way out of there scope. We shouldn't care what they think. > (2.) Who would we be fighting for / against? > Who are the rebels? Freedom fighters or radicals? Nobody knows at this > point and given that they've armed themselves and are actively fighting, > this has become a civil war; i.e., you couldn't go in on humanitarian > grounds. "You *never open your mouth* till you know what the shot is." > (Jack Lemmon, Glengarry Glen Ross) They were discussing a war against the caliphate not helping Libya. When people are fighting for democracy it's always a gamble they will lose, but it's wrong to just watch and wait for a winner before taking sides. > (3.) Libya is a* *rentier economy. > 98% of every business in that country comes from oil. You think Afghanistan > and Iraq are tough? Whoa, this is one big messed up country and, as we've > all learned, if you break it you buy it. Awesome idea. > BTW, it should be noted that your so-titled "Bush Doctrine" is actually the > Truman Doctrine; which itself is actually a form of FDR's > quarantine-the-aggressor doctrine. Quarantine didn't work. The Bush doctrine CK was referring to was that Arabs aren't too stupid to enjoy democracy. That goes against what you've been saying for years. Interesting that you had to go that far back to find a democrat you can give the credit to. > So you can thank the Democrats for anything you think is a good idea about > what's happening in the Middle East. Anyone but Bush or a republican. And just when I was starting to believe you've grown during your sabbatical : ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:334920 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
