Originally posted by Black
that is a very ignorant and uneducated argument....throughout time the U.S has been seen as country dedicated to the protection of our allies even when others stood down. However, this war is more then that.....the sad thing is it could have been better handled 3 weeks ago when the rebels had most parts of Libya controlled xcept Tripoli. We could have hit Gaddafi hard then-_______- its a shame that a 16 year old knows more then a 50 year old man. I feel as tho the word precocious is becoming less valid....when a kid understands the means of foreign policy and our commander and chief just sits back and picks out who he thinks will win march madness. Truly a shame....how hard it is to find a well rounded president....idgaf about race just give me a courageous man that will truly be recognized as a great face for America in terms of foreign policy and other decision he makes in office
I don't think its an uneducated argument. Almost every time America has entered a war it was for personal reasons, they didn't enter Iraq for wmds and same with Afghanistan. It was for the oil and the profits to gain from it. You could say the US is smart and knows how to get what it wants.
The common man might think this is still helping but I can assure you the state of Iraq at the moment is in chaos. Like every other country in the world they have problems, I dont think you should interfere. Don't believe everything you hear on the news.
Obama said in one of his speeches: "Gaddafi was suppressing his people and that “left unchecked, we have every reason to believe that Gaddhafi would commit atrocities against his people. Many thousands could die. A humanitarian crisis would ensue."
The fighting in Libya is between pro Ghaddafi supporters and rebels and parts of the defected from the army. However, I don't think that the rest of Libya is truly going through a humanitarian crisis. And for sure whatever is happening in Libya is not destabilising the middle east. Cause the exact same is happening in Yemen and Bahrain but it is less televised and it hasn't destabilised anything. It sounds like the situation is so bad and civilians are being killed for no reason. But have we seen any of that, there is no hard evidence other than here say. Again America is going to war with very little justification.
This sounds like an attack on America but I direct it to all the countries that like to interfere. There are others ways of dealing with these situations.
Also saying that throughout time the US has been dedicated to the protection of its allies is total nonsense. Maybe for the past century however before that the Russian empire, Great Britain, Prussia, Germany, the Arabs were all power houses that dictated what went on in the world. It is all a cycle and eventually the US will lose its power to another country and lose its control. Then do you think they would like it if all the countries they invaded came back to invade the US?
Please next time ask me to explain and not directly jump to the conclusion that I am uneducated. You are only 16 so don't mouth off.