when we went into afghanistan and iraq, those were "boots on the ground" operations.
i thought iraq was completely unnecessary, and that afghanistan was better handled through deployment of special ops.
libya was handled right. our involvement was minor, costs were much lower, no real boots on the ground, only a handful of special ops, done in 8 months instead of 8+ years (and counting).
now we have a key ally in a key place, and we supported our euro allies who need the oil.
this was an example of war done correctly, not unilaterally.
but perhaps others don't care as much about maintaining their standard of living.
Buck this is simply typical selfish Western attitude when you talk of maintaining your living standard, what is the cost of it for so many other nations around the world, it's just not right and you know it.
I believe that this superior Western complex is fundamental to many of the problems the world has today, it encompasses greed and selfishness until it affects you directly then you cry blue murder and finally see what so many others are hurting from. Libya, Egypt and any other nation helped to democracy by the west will NEVER see the same living standard as Westerners, they will become war torn countries that are used by Westerners for mineral wealth yet will have different faces abusing them in the same way that other dictators have in the past. History shows us that in many African countries and Eastern Europe.
On a completely side note I watched a documentary last night with Ross Kemp in Gaza, I know he is a bit of a dick but it was what the children were saying which was very insightful coming from a 7 year old girl. She was asked what she thought of living in Gaza...her answer was to say that she saw before her eyes her mother lose half of her head and skull in a bombing, her fathers guts spilt onto the floor in that same bombing, she said that she would never be able to forgive the Israelis for doing that and all she could think of when she closed her eyes was revenge for her parents, she also said that she would rather lay down her life as a matyr for this injustice seen as she has lost everything, at such a young age she knows what her future holds, a strangled life in the Gaza without family and prospects and frankly I can't blame her, everyone try just for a second to put themselves in that little girls shoes for a short while, a pain and anger that must be unbearable at times. They happened to live in an area that was initially pinpointed as being a hideout for hamas but was later renaged due to poor intelligence, this was a statement made by the Israeli consulate according to the documentary.
Now I know that this has little to do with Libya directly but it is an example of what the innocents in this war are probably if not certainly experiencing on a daily basis. Yet we Westerners are willing to turn a blind eye to this half way across the world and instead focus on our lovely cars and homes and luxuries like a toilet that does not require cleaning out the bucket every week, less during Rammadan lol, but seriously, stop for a second and think that we ALL were very lucky and fortunate to be born into a Western family as opposed to being born into an Iraqi, Libyan or any other 3rd world family, the only seperation was LUCK nothing more.
Perhaps you don't believe that you have an obligation to humanity to be fair and just but you in fact do, we all do. I am all for survival of the fittest as it is a critical component of natures cycle but Capitalism and greed is not, it never has been.
I feel sorry for humanities future if this is how we treat each other...
