American air forces are being pulled from attack missions in Libya. While the air armada that has been taking part in the curb stomping of Qaddafi's air, artillery, and armor assets will be on standby, other U.S. assets will continue to provide support to NATO forces who will continue that mission.
For once, and I should mark this day on the calendar, I agree with the President's actions.
My opinion on this should be pretty clear to anyone: We don't have a dog in the Libyan fight. The President has been taking Qaddafi's press releases at face value, and says that the air campaign prevented a bloodbath in Benghazi. Since he can't prove the negative, I'll have to take his word on that one. But if I agree, for the sake of the argument, that we needed to get involved in an internal Libyan conflict, then I agree with President Obama that we should be providing support to NATO and that's it.
There is no plus to the United States in this war. If Qaddafi wins, he hates us. If the 'rebels' win, they will hate us. France, Italy, and the rest of Europe will gain after the war when the crude starts flowing northward, but we haven't used Libyan oil for decades.
So today I agree with President Obama. Keep our men and women out of harm's way and let the Europeans shed blood, theirs or that of Libyan soldiers, for their oil. Heck, maybe he'll even get the Arab countries to contribute more planes than can be counted on two hands.
For once, and I should mark this day on the calendar, I agree with the President's actions.
My opinion on this should be pretty clear to anyone: We don't have a dog in the Libyan fight. The President has been taking Qaddafi's press releases at face value, and says that the air campaign prevented a bloodbath in Benghazi. Since he can't prove the negative, I'll have to take his word on that one. But if I agree, for the sake of the argument, that we needed to get involved in an internal Libyan conflict, then I agree with President Obama that we should be providing support to NATO and that's it.
There is no plus to the United States in this war. If Qaddafi wins, he hates us. If the 'rebels' win, they will hate us. France, Italy, and the rest of Europe will gain after the war when the crude starts flowing northward, but we haven't used Libyan oil for decades.
So today I agree with President Obama. Keep our men and women out of harm's way and let the Europeans shed blood, theirs or that of Libyan soldiers, for their oil. Heck, maybe he'll even get the Arab countries to contribute more planes than can be counted on two hands.
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