Gaddaffi bad,Hussein good. Oh the poor chickenhawks are so lost. And i mean the chickenhawks in both parties. Gaddafi was not a threat to anyone,let alone the U.S. At least the Iraq War cheerleaders had a bit of an argument for getting rid of Hussein. It wasn't a strong argument but it was more credible. Hussein committed genocide against his own people and invaded nations in the region. And the President did go to Congress for approval. This Libyan War makes no sense. It was an illegal war for sure. I'm not celebrating.
Dumbass.
[FONT="]“It is worth remembering, especially for the critics of this intervention, exactly what we would be facing in Libya now had we not taken action. Just over one week ago, Qaddafi was bearing down on Benghazi, a city of 700,000 people and the main seat of the Libyan opposition, as well as the provisional government that has now emerged. Qaddafi pledged ‘no mercy’ for these people. He pledged to go house to house to crush everyone opposed to him. [/FONT]
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[FONT="]“Had we not taken action in Libya, Benghazi would now be remembered in the same breath as Srebrenica – a scene of mass slaughter and a source of international shame. Libyan refugees would now be streaming into Egypt and Tunisia, destabilizing those critical countries during their already daunting political transitions. If we had allowed Qaddafi to slaughter Arabs and Muslims in Benghazi who were pleading for the U.S. military to rescue them, America’s moral standing in the broader Middle East would have been devastated. Al-Qaeda and other violent extremists would have exploited the resulting chaos and hopelessness. The forces of counterrevolution in the region would have gotten the message that the world would tolerate the violent oppression of peaceful demonstrations for universal rights. This would have been a dramatic setback for the ‘Arab Spring,’ which represents the most consequential geopolitical opportunity in decades. [/FONT]
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“This is why Libya matters, and why we were right to intervene.[/FONT]
http://mccain.senate.gov/public/ind...ecord_id=030beaf4-ce31-35db-22f0-2f426b6d7d5a
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