The UN put Libya on the Human Rights council and then had the audacity to make them a rotating president of it. If they've got a problem they should handle it, without US help. Funny how the UN, who is still due to pass a resolution praising Libya's "human rights achievements", is burying the fact that they had these fucktards serving on a council dedicated to human rights.
I was never against removing Sadaam. I was against the timing of it, and against the way they went about going in. In Libya i see the situation as different for one key reason - the people. They are fighting against the despot, doing the dirty work. They just need a hand from the international community. No one can argue that the world would miss this guy. The key here is international involvement. An American led force is not a step forward, it must be NATO led and involve a clear exit strategy.
Why do they need a hand? It's a
civil war. They tried to jump on the Arab revolution bandwagon and ran into a guy who wasn't going to back down. They should have thought about the fact that they would be out-gunned, out-manned and out-trained should it have devolved into fighting. They made their bed and now they should lie in it.
Because like many others around the world, Libya is a country in need of help. If you are able to, you should give it. We as in US and the international community are able to, so we should help.
You leftists argue that it's not our job to play world police so why should we start now? Fuck it, after this we can make it a right ol' party. We can swing through the Congo, clean up the Ivory Coast and hit Colombia and Mexico on our way home! Why stop at Libya?
