What a difference a war can make!

Ever since Obama started this "kinetic military action" http://washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/2011/03/obama-makes-kinetic-military-action-english-language  I have not stopped wondering why are we fighting there?  What makes us go to Libya and not to Syria, Tunisia, Egypt, or to any of the other middle east countries that are having protests, demonstrations, and military coups?  And I wondered how many people who were totally AGAINST the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq (because they were started by Republican presidents) are now completely comfortable with a war (because it is started by a Democrat president).

Well, here is an article that says a lot of the things I was thinking:




http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/04/what_a_difference_a_war_can_ma.html




Here are quotes from this great article by Anthony W. Hager, April 2, 2011 on The American Thinker.








"How times have changed! The United States isn't the imperialistic, blood-for-oil war machine that it was just a few years ago. We've shed the "I ride alone" image and become acceptable in the world community. Every charge levied against the United States following the Iraq invasion is yesterday's news and America can again wage a just war. All we needed was a change of party at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue."

"President Obama has no clear objective in Libya. First he said Col. Gaddafi must relinquish power. Then he said Gaddafi could remain in control if he promised to play according to Hoyle. Obama has since reversed course again, and Gaddafi must go. We're unsure of our objective, if indeed we have one. Even identifying our enemy is harder than in Iraq. Gaddafi is a loon no doubt, an unpredictable despot with a terrorist history. But the rebel forces we aid in Libya arelinked to al-Qaeda and could prove worse than Gaddafi.

For a proper perspective on our current alliance, look at World War II. What if America had fought Nazi Germany in Europe while joining forces with them on the Russian Front? The scenario sounds ridiculous. But that's what we're doing with al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and Libya."