In Libya, a war-like people get a war they like
‘We like war; we are a war-like people.’ - George Carlin on
trigger-happy America (of the United States)
Barack Obama and his gang of international thugs got UN clearance
(Surprise! Surprise!) to impose a no-fly zone over Libya. The purpose
was to prevent Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi from launching air strikes
against forces opposed to him. They didn’t want civilians harmed. Well,
it seems that Obama’s thugs feel that some civilians constitute ‘fair
target’.
That’s not surprising, for the United States of America has for more
than a century operated as though people who are not white and people
who are not Christians are disposable. In the Bush years, they invented
a sanitized term for these victims. ‘Collateral’ they called it. Yes,
someone can ask, ‘how about Hitler’s Germans?’ Well, someone else can
argue, ‘They were an exception yes, but then again, that’s only because
the Germans were cutting in on the action’. That’s Uncle Sam’s ‘action’.
Arab Coalition
The Arab Coalition was taken for a ride. They didn’t mind the no-fly
zone but didn’t expect Obama to destroy Gaddafi’s strike capabilities or
kill civilians. Sorry, ‘generate collateral’. Only the United Arab
Emirates has pledged to support this war and guess who has beefed up the
UAE’s arsenal? Why, Uncle Sam of course!
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The Arab League is now having second thoughts, we are told. They did
not expect (talk about naivete!) this kind of intense military action
and certainly not the kind that would endanger civilians. War is what
the USA is about. The USA needs war like you and I need to breathe. For
all Nicholas Sarkozy’s grandstanding and Hillary Clinton’s assertions
that the US would ‘support’ an international coalition ‘to enforce the
terms of Resolution 1973’, it’s been Uncle Sam’s adventure (yet again).
The US is not in the lead but conducting all military operations.
It is not about Gaddafi being a dictator. The United States supports
all kinds of tyrants in all parts of the world. Obama would never rush
to ‘help the people’ in Bahrain, for example. Ninety percent of Bahrain
Petroleum Company’s employees went on strike last week in response to a
Police crackdown on anti-government demonstrations. On March 15, the
Bahrain Government declared a three month state of emergency to counter
increasing discontent among the population, especially the Shiite Muslim
majority, which is calling for democracy and civil rights in the
Sunni-ruled kingdom. No, Obama will not send in the Marines, not unless
he has a deal with the would-be ousters so that the US can continue to
use Bahrain as a military base. Neither would he sanction military
action against Yemen, which declared a state of emergency on March 18.
Police crackdown
Ideally for Obama, ‘Libya’ would exacerbate political stability in
the region to the point that his dictator pals would have to spend
billions of dollars to buy US weapons. Obama, like all his predecessors
who went to war, needs a distraction. If killing ‘other folks’ and
getting a handful of Marines killed makes for a surge in patriotism and
if this can extend his political life, he would do it. Well, he has.
That’s two birds, ladies and gentlemen: threats to Obama’s political
future and a sagging economy. Libya and the UN will pay for all expenses
eventually. That’s the bottom line. The ‘bonus’ is what this would do to
US arms sales. Some thugs are going to make bucks.
The United States of America needs something really bad. It’s called
‘civilization’. I am not betting they’ll get it any time soon.
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