There is Northrop Grumman advertisement on Politico website. Is Politico read by big people? Who else will buy big planes?
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0311/51595.html#
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0311/51595.html#
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Quote from Ricter:
Obama played it perfectly, given our overextension worldwide, and our finances.
He played his cards slow, got everyone in the pot, except for the strong adversaries who abstained (instead of voting nay). So what we have is a mandate by the world's powers, and we have someone else largely bearing the cost (so far). That some little guys are against it, well, you can't please everybody.
LOL, Sarkozi and Cameron played it perfectly, they are taking the credit, the USA is once again doing the heavy lifting. Their goals are "noble" - to help liberate Libyan people from the oppressive dictator and that's where their involvement ends. If something goes wrong (which in all likelihood it will) the entire world will point finger at the botched US implementation of all so noble objectives of the Arab league and their European lapdogs.Quote from Ricter:
Obama played it perfectly, given our overextension worldwide, and our finances.
Quote from a_person:
LOL, Sarkozi and Cameron played it perfectly, they are taking the credit, the USA is once again doing the heavy lifting. Their goals are "noble" - to help liberate Libyan people from the oppressive dictator and that's where their involvement ends. If something goes wrong (which in all likelihood it will) the entire world will point finger at the botched US implementation of all so noble objectives of the Arab league and their European lapdogs.
Quote from AAAintheBeltway:
I think this is exactly right.
The French, Italians, and Brits have their eyes on getting control of Libya's oil, either directly or through some bogus UN-sponsored entity, like the utterly corrupt Oil for Food program in Iraq. Of course, they would prefer not to do the actual killing and dying. Sucker Obama and Hillary "Where's My Nobel Prize?" Clinton into that chore.
This has plenty of elements in common with Bill Clinton's war on Serbia. No vital US interests involved, egged into it by the euros, large-scale bombing of civilian areas ostensibly to protect "refugees", who turned out to be islamist gangsters. Of course it allowed Clinton and Wesley Clark to strut around like Teddy Roosevelt. Ironically, Wesly Clark published an op-ed last week in the Washington Post advising against this adventure.
There are many reasons to oppose this mad venture. One, no congressional approval, but we all know Obama regards the Constitution as not binding on him. Two, no vital US interests at stake. Three, we've got our plate full. Four, We don't seem to have a clear objective. Is it regime change or not? Five, no exit strategy. Are we heading for another nation-building exercise that will likely end up with another afghanistan or worse yet somalia? Six, can we really afford the cost of all this, not that Obama seems to care or even be able to comprehend our fiscal crisis.
And finally, it is totally unacceptable for the President of the United States to order men into combat while he is off partying in Rio. WTF is he thinking about? Is there any other leader who would do such a thing?
Quote from jem:
great post.
I wonder if he really wants a second term?
