[quote=ocrenter]This intervention is different than going in and taking out a dictator. here we have a people rising up and ultimately hoping help would arrive once they do rise up. So the intervention is important.
But we definitely can’t own this one, we just can’t afford it.
I think the US knew we have the upper hand in forcing the Europeans to take charge for once. The Europeans were faced with a tidal wave of refugees. let’s just assume eastern libya has a population of 2 million, if kadafi takes over, the majority will try to escape, mostly across the border to egypt, but a large amount across to Italy and France. and then we will have to deal with a huge refugee camp much like the gaza strip except on egyptian soil. where are those going to end up? right across to Italy and France over the next 10 years.
The Europeans were forced to act, they own this and they should.
I think we played this one beautifully.[/quote]
OCR: Good post, except I disagree that we played this beautifully. We haven’t played any of these scenarios (Egypt, Libya, etc, etc) correctly, and Obama and Co. (with the exception of Hillary Clinton) have proven to be rank amateurs throughout.
The problem with allowing the Europeans to “own” this, is that they won’t. And we all know it. Why? Because they’re bigger pussies than Obama.
So they’ll fart around for another couple of weeks, trying to decide which country is responsible for what actions, and, in the meantime, the rebels get bombed out of existence and its game over.
Gaddafi is one of the biggest hairbags out there and ousting him from power is a Good Thing. Yeah, I know, what might happen next? I don’t know, but its better than having him in power.
