We had our hopes. Either the NCAA tournament or the possibility of seeing the sights in Rio might have distracted Obama enough not to screw up something else. Unfortunately, it was not to be.
Earlier today, Obama ordered the Navy to shoot 110 Tomahawk cruise missiles into Libya. That little fireworks show will cost this country $70 million for the missiles alone.
It was perfectly predictable that Obama would want to get us into this mess. After all, this is a fight that does not involve America and there are no American interests at stake. The only possible excuse to go into Libya might have been to ease the oil markets some but I thought it was the liberals who said “no blood for oil.”
The course this will take is perfectly predictable.
We have launched this attack with missiles where Americans did not have to fly in harm’s way. That job is supposed to fall to the British and the French. The French do have an aircraft carrier. The British used to have an aircraft carrier but thanks to all their spending on social welfare, they had to cut their non-existent defense budget and their last carrier has been retired. They do have planes but not enough of them.
The early spin is the United States will help with support. Support includes supplies, air to air refueling and radar jamming. That is how it is supposed to go. It won’t go that way.
Either the British and the French will not be able to do all of their assignments or some of their aircraft will get into trouble and the US Sixth fleet will be asked to send in aircraft to help. Next thing you know, Americans will be shot at.
Qaddafi has already vowed revenge against us.
The United States should never base any action it takes on the threats of some tyrant who is little more than a savage, living in a tent without indoor plumbing. But Qaddafi’s threats of revenge should be taken seriously.
In 1986, Qaddafi’s tent was bombed, courtesy of the United States Air Force. Two years later, Qaddafi sent his agents to place a bomb aboard Pam Am flight 103.
What happens when Qaddafi carries through with his threats of revenge? If he lives, he will. History has proven that.
The strategy here is a “no fly zone.” All that means is they are going to even the playing field by grounding Libya’s air forces. All this means is a civil war is going to become a much longer and protracted affair.
The simple fact of life that Obama cannot grasp is that if you strike at an enemy militarily, you must kill him. If Obama was going to do this, he should have had a plan to kill Qaddafi.
When Qaddafi retaliates, what will we do? If it is on Obama’s watch, will he have the backbone to avenge America? If he continues to gut the military, will we even have the capabilities to strike back?
In the 1990’s we intervened in Kosovo. America had no compelling interest there. That escalated to America bombing Serbia and American aircraft being shot down. History tells us what happens when we intervene in a conflict we have no interest in.
We had no interest in Libya. This will be a waste of time, money and probably American lives. Libya was not our fight. Unfortunately, it is now.
Note: the above was from the Tea Party Nation email I received.
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