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Barbara| 3.29.11 @ 7:21AM
I was looking for an article of 700 words or so that explained why the Libyan war is a bad idea. But I was surprised and elated to see that your response shows once again that "brevity is the soul of wit." You have captured the reason with 7 words: "John Kerry is in favor of it "!! Thank you!!!
W| 3.29.11 @ 7:36AM
he is in favor now, but he will be against it when convenient
Michael L. Hauschild| 3.29.11 @ 8:03AM
The only thing that could provide a positive note to this involvment is if Jane Fonda went to to Libya to man one of Gadaffi's AA guns.
LarryK| 3.29.11 @ 10:01AM
"Reporting for duty!"
Derek Leaberry| 3.29.11 @ 10:42AM
All the common enemies are for the Libyan Adventure. Kerry. Obama. Mrs. Clinton. McCain. Lieberman. Kristol. Miss Graham. By all means, toss a Tomahawk into Quaddafi's bedroom- it should have been done long ago for his role in the destruction at Lockerbie. But who runs Libya is immaterial as long as that government doesn't harbor terrorists and continues to pump oil. There is no honor for conservatives to get all weepy about Arab "democracy". Our own "democracy" has proven to be less than adequate, a creator of $ 1.6 trillion deficits for as far as the eye can see, a destroyer of Constitutional government, and an eager conduit to America's moral squalor.
morris wise| 3.29.11 @ 11:09AM
Partitioning of Libya will bring Democracy to a nation once ruled by despots and dictators. The Eastern coastline with its oil reserves will go to the freedom fighters, and the vast deserts will be given to those that love their land.
Bob K.| 3.29.11 @ 11:56AM
Why should the creation of new states in the middle east by modern diplomats work any better than the creation of the new states in the middle east by diplomats worked after WW I?
Remember Wilson's phrase just after WW I about "making the world safe for democracy?"
It didn't work then and it won't work now.
Like John Lukacs said: "Is democracy the rule of the people, or, more precisely: rule by the people? No: because it is, really and actually, rule in the name of the people." From "Democracy and Freedom," page 4-published 2005.
Bob K.| 3.29.11 @ 12:01PM
Make those above references to "middle east," "near east" instead. Thanks.
BA Cyclone| 3.29.11 @ 2:20PM
1) I know of no publicly available evidence that any of the potential benefits you cite are available or foreseeable, much less possible.
2) "Democracy" in and of itself is not necessarily a virtue nor a laudable goal. Tyranny can also come from democracy. See also: "Democracy in America" by Alexis de Tocqueville.
Kevin R. C. Gutzman | 3.29.11 @ 11:15AM
I thought that answer was going to be the next entry on your front page: "Bill Kristol Praises Obama Speech."
Deborah D | 3.29.11 @ 11:53AM
Many of the so called "freedom fighters" are Al Qaeda terrorists. So, what are we doing preserving the oil for them?
fsilber| 3.29.11 @ 3:02PM
I think our best response would have been neutrality from the beginning. The only reason I can think of for doing otherwise was as a favor to France and Italy -- who are terrified of inundation by Libyan refugees. (But certainly there are more direct ways of keeping undesirables out.)
That said, Obama did take sides, so anything but the removal of KhaDaffy would be disastrous. The last thing we need is to give him a chance to take vengeance on us.