Some Thoughts on Libya

1) Steven Hayes tonight referred to President Obama as a "reluctant war President". And he fully meant it as an insult. Hm, what do you say that we refer to THIS as exhibit A in our upcoming (and, yes, latest) trial against the neocons?............2) And the thing is, despite Mr. Obama's more deliberative nature (which I absolutely appreciate), he generally ends up giving these stooge-like neocons what they want anyway. He did it with Afghanistan. He did it with the terror trials. And now he's doing it with Libya. Wow, huh? Talk about a guy who pisses off everybody............3) O'Reilly had Dennis Kucinich (not surprisingly an opponent of Mr. Obama's actions) on tonight and he asked him, "So, what do you say to the families of the victims of the Lockerbie bombings? It was a question that seemed to catch the Congressman off guard (O'Reilly seems to have a knack for those types of questions) and he never really answered it....Let's see, how 'bout this for an answer? "I would tell them, Mr. O'Reilly, that I'm very sorry for their losses and totally understand their frustrations. But I'd also tell them that our getting militarily involved in yet another Muslim country could conceivably have grave consequences (loss of life, more alienation in the Arab world, etc.), and that a no-fly-zone, in and of itself, would probably be ineffectual. Surely, Mr. O'Reilly, after 23 years they'd probably understand."............4) And I really don't see the vital national interest here. I mean, yes, the carnage is certainly dreadful and all. But this is basically a civil war. And we don't even know exactly who the opposition is in this case. Hell, folks, maybe they'd be even worse than Gaddafi. I mean, it's certainly possible, no?............5) Let me ask you something. Wouldn't it be nice if JUST ONCE President Obama told this neocon crowd to "piss off!!"? I mean, I don't know you feel here but, in my mind, the last thing that this nation needs is to be fighting in yet another Muslim country. And, yes, I'm also very worried about the various what if/next scenarios (most of the current carnage is taking place on the ground), mission creep, etc.. I'm thinking that maybe the President should have listened more to Bob Gates on this one (this, I'm saying, as opposed to apparently being rolled by Hillary).