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Kristol's Wisdom On the Libya Situation

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by: Les Carpenter Rational Nation USA Birthplace of Independent Conservatism Here we go again. A neo-con talking head advocating military action against another sovereign nation. Not because this nation has committed an act of aggression against the United States and it's people. But rather to allegedly protect the people of Libya against their own despotic and tyrannical head of state. Gosh, wouldn't it be best left to the Libyan people to take care of their own issues. Or perhaps we all should view it a  regional issue best left to those living in the middle eastern "sphere of influence?" Of course Mr. Kristol  throws in the usual stuff about the possibly of Qaddafi resuming his terrorist activities and his nuclear activities. Anyone hearing Iraq revisited? Anyone hearing Military Industrial Complex and the money to be made? Maybe it is just me. At any rate here is the video of Kristol  hawking the neo-con {non c...

Obama Calls For Gadhafi To Step Down

by: Les Carpenter Rational Nation USA Birthplace of Independent Conservatism All hail the wisdom of President Barrack Husein Obama! Speaking in the tone of past Presidents {GWB immediately comes to mind} he and his sidekick, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, have called for the immediate relinquishing of power by Libyan despot Moammar Gadhafi. Of course they have no viable plan to fill the void once Gadhafi is gone. Unless perhaps to saddle the US with another foreign entanglement in an area we are not welcome and have no business in. While it is laudable a representative republic such as the United States of America soundly condemn the practices of repressive regimes worldwide, it is not for us to determine the domestic fate of another sovereign state. The outcome of the current unrest in Libya should, and must, rest solely with the government of Libya and the response of its people to their governments decisions. From USA Today: President Obama told German Chancell...