Quote Originally Posted by TantricSoul View Post
I am amazed at recent events in the middle east.
So we are for democracy in Egypt,Tunisia,and Libya, but not in Yemen, Bahrain, and Saudi Arabia? I'm confused.
You are so right. It really is disgusting!
Yet, what to do?
Could we intervene in the whole area???
Or should they sort it out themselves?

But who cares? I mean, this is the kind of war we like ... we get to go in, take apart another country's military structure with incredible lethality and efficiency, put it on the news for entertainment, woo hoo gunboat diplomacy at its best!
Brilliant! Im superbly confident that our wise leaders will hand this mess off to someone else before we have to stop blowing up Qaddafi's forces and start blowing up the rebel forces, right? or maybe the rebels have a way to conduct a civil war without killing any innocent civilians? That would be a nice change.
In truth I would like a lot more discussion/talk about this, because it is hopelessly tangled and complex, and, oil apart, I am not sure that there are any right answers.