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Is it just me? Or is this guy just flat clueless?

Besides being the next best thing to a rapist, he was interviewed yesterday and asked his opinion of the Libya incursion.

HE COULD NOT THINK OF ANYTHING TO SAY!

Now, while I support our policy in Libya, I would expect anyone with any ambition to replace Obama to be readily able to shoot holes in the policy.

» Posted By KevenSeven On November 15, 2011 @ 6:24 pm

DON’T PANIC … It’s Just the C I A.

I’m not sure that Qaddafi could be much more paranoid without exploding.

The leak was put out by someone in govt who does not like the policy and wants to see it wrapped up and reversed.

Which is the explanation of 99.98% of all leaks out of DC.

» Posted By KevenSeven On April 3, 2011 @ 10:19 am

Some Not Very Strong Arguments Against Action in Libya

Nick is pretty much the most reliable spokesman for the relief of those at risk by their fellow man.

» Posted By KevenSeven On March 24, 2011 @ 3:57 pm

And geography. All of Iran can be dominated from there.

» Posted By KevenSeven On March 22, 2011 @ 11:03 pm

I should make a point of reading him more often.

» Posted By KevenSeven On March 22, 2011 @ 10:58 pm

Thanks. I do it all for you, kid. All for you.

» Posted By KevenSeven On March 22, 2011 @ 9:55 pm

We could draw lessons back to Thucydides and beyond, I dare say.

But I still say that the potential for this to go well are substantial. And the common Arab will appreciate it.

» Posted By KevenSeven On March 22, 2011 @ 9:54 pm

I don’t think that the fact that we cannot see the future perfectly makes a very good reason to not do this.

» Posted By KevenSeven On March 22, 2011 @ 9:19 pm

Well, I appreciate it all the same.

» Posted By KevenSeven On March 22, 2011 @ 8:17 pm

I don’t think we can afford to miss the opportunity to make nice with the Arab street.

» Posted By KevenSeven On March 22, 2011 @ 8:05 pm

Again, so what? How does that make it wrong to help the rebels?

» Posted By KevenSeven On March 22, 2011 @ 8:02 pm

You are not holding Quark responsible for that, are you?

» Posted By KevenSeven On March 22, 2011 @ 7:26 pm

Painfully true.

» Posted By KevenSeven On March 22, 2011 @ 7:25 pm

I do not accept that. This probably will not cost so very much.

It is not as if Qaddafi’s military is all that tough.

» Posted By KevenSeven On March 22, 2011 @ 7:24 pm

You are very kind. I will need to adjust my attitude toward you.

» Posted By KevenSeven On March 22, 2011 @ 7:22 pm

Kilgore.

Qaddafi was about to murder tens of thousands. I don’t give a rat’s behind what the admin calls it. Why get all hung up on rhetoric?

We can easily afford this. I admit to hoping that if it comes to ground troops the French handle it.

» Posted By KevenSeven On March 22, 2011 @ 7:20 pm

Well, the Brits and the French are in it.

As for the collateral damage, it was the Libyans who begged us to come in. They pleaded with us. My conscience is clear.

» Posted By KevenSeven On March 22, 2011 @ 7:15 pm

Where did i say it is not war? What of it? Of course it is war. A blind chimp would recognize that it is war.

Fuck it. Qaddafi will murder tens of thousands if he is not stopped. I have yet to see a good reason to not pursue this war, although there may be one.

» Posted By KevenSeven On March 22, 2011 @ 6:31 pm

Good stuff. The US presidents have fought something like 200 wars of various sizes without getting Congress’s OK.

Congress has ceded its authority here.

» Posted By KevenSeven On March 22, 2011 @ 6:18 pm

First, possibly we could avoid getting personal on this? I am a human being and I do care, so back off.

I have been listing weak arguments for opposing this war. I have not said there are no good arguments. Just bring me one.

Read the UN resolution. It says the coalition has the power to take whatever steps short of invasion necessary to secure the security of the civilians. Check it out.

» Posted By KevenSeven On March 22, 2011 @ 6:15 pm

Still don’t see a valid reason to not do this. If the question was to enslave the populace and steal the oil, yeah. But the Libyans want to sell their damned oil. I don’t see the issue.

» Posted By KevenSeven On March 22, 2011 @ 6:11 pm

I acknowledge that wars are hard to exit.

As for the morality, I don’t see how our having economic interests make it immoral to get involved.

And this is much more than a no fly zone. The UN authorized violence to protect the civilians. Meaning that we can bomb the crap out of Qaddafi’s army, and not apologize for it.

» Posted By KevenSeven On March 22, 2011 @ 6:09 pm

I am making no effort to have it any particular number of ways. I am in favor of doing everything that we can short of sending troops in to topple Qaddafi. Was I being too discrete? Fuck it. Conduct a war on the ding-bat.

BTW, the UN resolution is much, much more than a no fly zone. You might want to read the damned thing.

» Posted By KevenSeven On March 22, 2011 @ 6:04 pm

That is a separate question. Obviously we are talking much more than a no-fly zone.

We are talking destroying tanks, trucks, helicopters, artillery and rockets as needed.

» Posted By KevenSeven On March 22, 2011 @ 5:40 pm

“to fend off skyrocketing oil prices”

Yes. So? Is that a bad reason to support the rebels? I don’t see how.

“are we going to be mired in quicksand?”

I really have difficulty in seeing how that is going to happen. If ever there was terrain that we can easily dominate, this is it. Even if we did go in whole hog, I see no reason why we could not have it cleared up in a few months.

There are no damned jungles, after all. And it is all readily accessible.

» Posted By KevenSeven On March 22, 2011 @ 5:37 pm

Making us unique in human history, how?

I have the luxury of never having subscribed to the bullshit of “American Exceptionalism”, you see.

» Posted By KevenSeven On March 22, 2011 @ 5:34 pm

OK.

Three poor reasons to oppose our actions in Libya:

That there is economic interests in there. (So what?)

And we don’t know who is going to succeed Qaddafi. I don’t know if I am going to die in my sleep, yet I will lie down tonight and go to sleep. If you want guarantees, buy a new car.

I’m not sure that we were indeed selling weapons to Qaddafi, but if we were, so much the better, especially if they are complex. Nobody knows how to defeat our weapons better than do we.

And what if we did sell him weapons? So what? Does that change the fact that Qaddafi is on the verge of massacring Libyans? How does the one fact change the other? What sort of logic are you employing here?

But thanks for adding to the list of poor reasons to object to this “war”.

» Posted By KevenSeven On March 22, 2011 @ 5:31 pm

Well, I never said that there were NO good reasons to oppose this action, now did I? I listed some that I think are pretty weak tea.

I also think the fact that the nation is running a deficit is not a valid reason not to do one particular thing or other. We should still build bridges and schools and look for cures to cancer.

So there!

» Posted By KevenSeven On March 22, 2011 @ 5:25 pm

Good one. And Somalia.

» Posted By KevenSeven On March 22, 2011 @ 3:49 pm

Because they are terrified of being held responsible for a policy that could fail.

» Posted By KevenSeven On March 22, 2011 @ 3:39 pm