Are We Allied to a Corpse?
April 19, 2011
Patrick J. Buchanan
4/19/2011
Of our Libyan intervention, one thing may be safely said, and another safely predicted.
When he launched his strikes on the Libyan army and regime, Barack Obama did not think it through. And this nation is now likely to be drawn even deeper into that war.
For Moammar Gadhafi’s forces not only survived the U.S. air and missile strikes, after which we turned the air war over to NATO, his forces have since shown themselves superior to the rebels. Without NATO, the rebels would have been routed a month ago.
And, today, NATO itself stands a chance of being humiliated.
And now… the rest of the story. …..
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Harold
Pat knows better than that if he stop being a politician. Not to support the Libyan after supporting other protester could have stopped other from trying for democracy. In that case other less acceptable
leaders would have intervened. Obama moved fast and made it a democracy and freedom uprising.