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Libya — You Get What You Ask For

By: GreyCloak (Diary)  |  April 1st, 2011 at 04:24 AM  | 

RESIZE: AAA

The Pentagon is about to pull its attack planes out of the international air campaign in Libya, hoping NATO partners can take up the slack.

–AP, 4/1/11

And in February, this

So … Republicans were FOR the war, before they were against Obama’s belated intervention (war), and are currently complaining about him pulling out of the war.

Make no mistake: it’s a war, despite many folks’ comments to the contrary. We did our thing: we stopped an invasion of Benghazi, then took out the Libyan air force. Now, it’s sorta up to Libyans.

It would be nice if Egypt sent a few arms; maybe even the Emirates, or the UAE … they have certainly bought enough from us the past few decades. It might prove they are actually for freedom, although they are conflicted.

Back home, the US is once again proving that it is a fickle ally. Either we believe what we say (some weeks), or we don’t. When politicians grow a spine, they may win elections and actually get some respect outside of America.

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  • donnybrooke

    McCain, sort-of. Lieberman – independent. How does his equate to “Republicans”?

    This “Republican” was never for interfering in a civil war where we had no national interests, especially by a “Democrat” president who
    has no clue as to what the goals are.

    Nice try.

    • GreyCloak

      From February 27:

      In a distinct echo of the tactics they pursued to encourage US intervention in the Balkans and Iraq, a familiar clutch of neo-conservatives appealed Friday for the United States and NATO to “immediately” prepare military action to help bring down the regime of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and end the violence that is believed to have killed well over a thousand people in the past week.
      …
      Among the letter’s signers were former Bush deputy defence secretary Paul Wolfowitz; Bush’s top global democracy and Middle East adviser; Elliott Abrams; former Bush speechwriters Marc Thiessen and Peter Wehner; Vice President Dick Cheney’s former deputy national security adviser, John Hannah, as well as FPI’s four directors: Weekly Standard editor William Kristol; Brookings Institution fellow Robert Kagan; former Iraq Coalition Provisional Authority spokesman Dan Senor; and former Undersecretary of Defense for Policy and Ambassador to Turkey, Eric Edelman.

  • http://twitter.com/biggator5 BigGator5

    Yay! We are finally leaving a unlawful war!

  • YnotNOW

    When the first bombs started falling in Libya, we became inextricably involved with the conduct and outcome of the war. Pulling out half-way is even worse than the belated decision to get involved. Allies as well as adversaries need to know that when America acts, we follow through.