Another bullet point in the list of things that haven’t changed. Mr. Obama has taken us to war. Not only that, but it’s our third concurrent war and we’ve entered it for ambiguous reasons.
Now, don’t get me wrong. I’m not against war. I wasn’t against Iraq or Afghanistan, it was explained to us why we went in there before we went in there. But, I really don’t know if I’m for or against this war in Libya, because I don’t know why we’re in it. Even after a TV appearance with a supposed explanation (more than a week after taking us to war) I still don’t really know why Libya is so special.
I guess I can understand that we have “interests” that are at risk but what I really don’t understand are our “values” that are supposedly under attack. So we go to war just anywhere in support of our ambiguous “values” being under attack? Are our “values” under attack in other countries? I am going to bet that even in the US there are people attacking our “values” – so do we declare war on our own people? I want a definition of what these “values” are and I want an explanation of why we went to war in Libya over these “values” and how they’re under attack. In my mind I can see the spread of Communism being an attack on our values, and we went to war to stop the spread of Communism; I can understand that. Is there something in Libya that is against our values that we are afraid will spread? I want answers to these simple questions. I don’t want ambiguity, generalizations and filibustering.
We were also told our involvement would be minimal. Now I am hearing that the CIA may be afoot in Libya. That doesn’t seem like minimal involvement to me. Seems like it’s about to get much more involved. Arms deals? Regime overthrow? Funding? Let’s have some truth. Let’s have some transparency, Mr. Obama. After all, you promised us that. Were all these Americans just chumps for believing in your change?
March 31, 2011
