It's About Liberty: A Conservative Forum
Topics => World/Foreign Affairs => Topic started by: Libertas on February 25, 2011, 03:06:34 PM
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http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/02/24/libya.military.intervention/index.html (http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/02/24/libya.military.intervention/index.html)
Where's the "hey, hey, ho, ho...no war for filthy oil" crowd? I can see Libya as a European issue, by why NATO? Oh, they want us to foot most the bill again, as usual! Bloody Europeans!
And humanitarian crises? Who cares? These tribes barely tolerate each other, think they'll like NATO sticking their beaks in this? Hell no!
Stratfor has it right -
Libya's factions and tribalism would make an intervention perilous, said Nathan Hughes, director of military analysis for the global intelligence firm Stratfor of Austin, Texas.
"It's not clear what a post-Gadhafi Libya looks like," Hughes said. "It's a very messy situation. It would be a very difficult situation to jump into militarily.
"There are no geographical boundaries. There are soft demographic, cultural and tribal boundaries. To get enmeshed in that without understanding the local culture ... it would be a pretty tough spot to put troops in," Hughes added. "Once the writing is on the wall that Gadhafi is going to go likely to go, the incentive for the various tribal factions and other factions within Libya is to maneuver to make sure they have a place in whatever comes next."
Were NATO to send armed forces into Libya, the rest of the Arab world wouldn't protest much, the analysts said.
"I don't think they would have any problem with this. I would suspect that the Arab world would support this," Sharqieh said.
Added Henderson: "On day one, they would probably think it's a good idea. On day two, come back and ask...me."
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Just let Italy make it a colony again.
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I reada book by George Friedman called "The Next Hundred Years" and was astonished that anybody takes him seriously. The major issue was him saying that the war between islam and teh West would pretty much just peter out.
And Henderson thinking that anybody would think it's a good idea at any time is a little suspect, but to claim that on day 2 he's the guy to tell 'em they made a mistake? ::thumbsup::
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Just let Italy make it a colony again.
Would be nice!! ::thinking::
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Hey, slightly off topic but I found this at FNC in the comments section...
Jihad Bells from Bethlehem (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uK3jAzSv9c#ws)
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Just let Italy make it a colony again.
Would be nice!! ::thinking::
Maybe if they started with bulldozers.........!!