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No end in sight for U.S. in Libya

Posted: May 18, 2011

The United States is now deep into a seemingly endless, aimless war in Libya, through NATO and in its own right.

The rebels against the government of Moammar Gadhafi, based for the most part in eastern Libya, are deeply divided and largely unable to take advantage of the NATO military support they are receiving. Western military advisers are also on the ground. They find the rebels undisciplined and disorganized in their efforts to advance militarily to take towns that Mr. Gadhafi's forces hold, including the capital, Tripoli. The United Nations secretary-general has called for a cease-fire.

NATO warplanes have carried out 6,000 bombing missions, wreaking considerable destruction in Tripoli, and reportedly have killed one of Mr. Gadhafi's sons and three of his grandsons, all in the name of a U.N. resolution aimed to protect Libyan civilians. Mr. Gadhafi has not been seen for more than 12 days and could be dead, but more likely has gone underground.

It is hard to see a useful endgame to this war. Even if Mr. Gadhafi were killed or driven into exile, his sons and other Libyans with a stake in the status quo would remain, pounded down but undefeated. Even if the rebels were to take over, what would that mean? They are for the most part disorganized tribal militias, with no coherent view of a new or better Libya. Their latest enterprise in Benghazi, their capital in the east, appears to be to track down and murder former Gadhafi supporters.

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And yet I don't hear the Bush haters - sm

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calling for Obama's head like they did Bush's. It amazes me. We shouldn't even be over there. It is almost like our government intentionally wants to bankrupt us or something. Crazy!!! Bring our troops home. Let those over their kill each other and if they attack us on our land....bomb the sh1t out of them and come right back home. No reason for ground troops or rebuilding, etc. Those people hate us anyway no matter what we rebuild for them.

Next on the war docket -- Syria. - nm

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nm

If the President handles Syria the way he did the Bin Laden situation - we may have a better solution

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At least he will consider his options before he makes a decision, something his predecessor didn't do, because he was 'The DeCIDER!'

Obviously we haven't learned anything - sm

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from history. Perhaps we should take a good look at the collapse of the Soviet Union and reevaluate what we are doing in our own country.

No reason for ground troops or rebuilding. Perhaps a review - of Charlie Wilsons War is in order

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So after covert operations in Afghanistan that resulted in the withdrawal of Soviet troops, the end of the Cold War and the ultimate collapse of the Soviet Union a few years later, like Charlie said, the ball kept bouncing after the US left. Despite the CIA operative\'s warning about leaving without rebuilding and educating the Afghanis to prevent the evolution of a terrorist breeding ground, in response to a request for such funds, he got, "Who cares about a school in Afghanistan?"

"These things happened. They were glorious and they changed the world. And then we effed up the end game..." Charlie Wilson.

Short-sighted much?

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