re: #339 marjoriemoon

Gotta use that defense spending somewhere! (Ok, that was a joke.)

There’s no way we could have avoided the Libyan conflict. If we didn’t join NATO and the others, the criticism on him would have been catastrophic. I think Obama handled it very well. This is not OUR war. We did our part.

Had they left Qaddafi alone, other than killing tens of 1000s, you’d have millions of people fleeing into Europe and Egypt.

Agreed in full. Obama had little choice in Libya. And in the Ivory Coast we again see the French taking the lead. This points out why the long wars need to be brought to a conclusion. Our nation needs to be doing less fighting for many reasons. Our military needs the chance to repair, retrain and rest. The globe needs to quit (on one hand) bitching we fight so much, and then looking to us for the hardware and trained fighters. Ground, air and sea.

But as I said events are in charge really.