Libya, War #3

So, we are now involved in a third war, Libya, regardless of what our elected officials tell us.  I mean, you must have heard it, "Exit Strategy", No Boots on the Ground", "Only establishing a no-fly zone",... and all the other malarkie...

Why are we doing this?  Even the casual browser of the history of that area can tell that this is a no-win situation for the USA (and for other countries involved in this allied intervention.  A no fly zone will NOT achieve anything other that prolong the pain and suffering and postpone resolution of the situation.  But, they told us, Libya has a strategic importance to the USA (and the World) because of its oil.  Come on, give me a break, it supplies 2% of the world's oil!  Important?  Maybe... Strategic?  Go sell it to someone else.

Some bring up the example of how we used no-fly zones to give an opportunity to the Kurds of Northern Iraq who were being persecuted by Husein.  Day and night!!  Thu Kurds were a distinct group, different than the rest of the Iraqis and when isolated they could pool together their resources, and better themselves.  This has nothing to do with the tribal system of Libya, which, by the way, none of our politicians understand :-(  So, let's say the Quadhafi leaves, is overthrown, etc.  Who takes over?  What structure or group is ready and poised to take over?  There is none, because of the country's tribal structure.  This is a civil was, with multiple faction (you'll see them sprout as this progresses) fighting each other and we now game them a common enemy, the USA.

And what about the coalition?  What a joke.  The French are in today, well sort of, and may be out tomorrow, the Germans were i, but they don't want to play any longer, the British are in (don;t know how wholeheartedly), the Chinese and the Germans tried to block the coalition, and so on...  I can see the writing on the wall.  At the end, we may have to go this one alone, as well.

But our leaders keep telling us no boots on the ground, they have an exit strategy :-(

Obama to lay out Afghanistan plans

So, president Obama will lay out our war plans tonight, so that the American public will be informed and he may get a bump on his quickly declining rating. That's just great. Did the White House make sure to ask the enemy not to listen in? I mean after all we are in a war in Afghanistan, and we don't want the enemy to know our plans, right? But wait, may be the war plans are being broadcast so that the war will be fair. We don't really want to surprise the enemy, that wouldn't be fair, now would it? Or may be this is the real manifestation of the "fifth column".

It was really interesting to read some comments in various blogs this morning, like... "Our tactics won't be compromised by discussing his vision for the war,... this is better that the previous administration that kept us in the dark..." I don't think I have ever heard a more moronic assessment :-( So, providing information about the war , *ANY INFORMATION* does not help the enemy? These bloggers are probably the same people that feel all information should be available, and something like inside trading is not really a problem - it's just releasing information about the plans of a company, right? No crime in that. Nobody will use that information to their advantage

And, to make things even worse, the President's speech is bumping Charlie Brown's Xmass Classic, which was scheduled to air at 8:00 pm. Whoever ever heard of something like this before!

As another blogger put it, "It's Obama's world, we're just living in it."