My skepticism about intervention in Libya's civil war took a major hit yesterday when I heard that Michael Moore had come out against it:
It's only cause we're defending the Libyan people from a tyrant! That's why we bombed the Saudis last wk! Hahaha. Pentagon=comedy
And we always follow the French's lead! Next thing you know, we'll have free health care & free college! Yay war!
We've had a "no-fly zone" over Afghanistan for over 9 yrs. How's that going? #WINNING !
Khadaffy must've planned 9/11! #excuses
It's possible for people to arrive at the same conclusion for different reasons, but to be on the same general side as Michael Moore, albeit with a different way of expressing it, is enough to make me pause. But then I read stuff like this:
The crowd included many women and children, and some said they had family in Colonel Qaddafi’s forces. They said they had come to protect Colonel Qaddafi’s compound from bombing by volunteering to be shields.
Followed by stuff like this:
Bombs have been dropped in close proximity to the headquarters of embattled Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in Tripoli.
Followed by reports of civilian casualties in Tripoli. Consider the source, of course, and initial reports at this stage are unsurprisingly vague or confused. I'm sure American media will give Obama cover that they never gave Bush, at least at these early stages, but you can bet the Arab press agencies will not.
And with that news, barely two days into this the Arab League is already complaining that they only asked for a no fly zone and not, "all necessary measures" to protect civilians.
Moussa has told reporters Sunday that "what happened differs from the no-fly zone objectives." He says "what we want is civilians' protection not shelling more civilians."
Perhaps they expected Obama to ride in on his magic unicorn and with a wave of the hand cause Qaddafi's air defenses to disappear. This Moussa fellow is creating a little gap that can be useful for the Arab League down the road if things go bad. The Obama administration needs to forcefully close that gap right now or it will be used against us down the road. The Arab League wanted intervention and they got it. We can't afford to let them distance themselves from that by even the smallest amount.
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