Tuesday, March 29, 2011

The Dear Leader Provides No Clarity On The Libyan Knietic Operation

Last night, the Dear Leader, President Obama, attempted to clarify why the armed forces of the United States is leading the operations in Libya. And kind of like the baseball hitter in the bottom of the ninth inning with the bases loaded and a full count, he whiffed and struck out. Now the Dear Leader, President Obama, did not use the phrase "kinetic military action" that was bandied about last week as the Libyan operation began. But really, does anyone really know what the goal is of the mission? Why is it that we, as the last remaining superpower get to start it, but then "hand it over" to NATO? And two perpetual other questions. Are we trying to oust the Brother Leader Moammar Qaddafi? And what do we really know about the rebels trying to oust the Brother Leader Qaddafi? Lets start at the last question. We know very little. In fact, one of the claims of the Brother Leader Qaddafi is that the rebels are led by al-Queda forces. Well, the Brother Leader may not be totally wrong. According to Adm. James Stavridis, a NATO commander, there may be "flickers" of al-Queda alongside the rebels. Great news! The Brother Leader's rant is being confirmed. And to me, a "flicker" is just too many. One al-Queda fighter is one too many. It goes back to my question as to whether the United States has any influence over these rebels. The fact is that we have no clue as to who they really are. And thus it will be very difficult to know what kind of relationship we will have with these people should they be successful in bringing down the Brother Leader. And on that score, in the speech transcript, there is nothing that spells out explicitly that to end the operation, the Brother Leader must go. In exile. To the International Court in The Hague. In a box. Nothing concrete. Some want to say that the Dear Leader, President Obama, was "nuanced" on this. Hmm, I do not want nuance here. Either the end game is the Brother Leader is gone or this is a waste of time, money, manpower and potentially American lives. In the speech, the Dear Leader, President Obama, tries to make a case that this operation was undertaken to prevent a potential massacre if the Brother Leader's forces had entered the city of Benghazi. No doubt that a fierce fight would occur. And a lot of innocent people would have been killed. But, why the wait? There was a lot of violence leading up to the Brother Leader's forces on the gates of Benghazi. So, again, the Dear Leader, President Obama, did not spell out the end game of the mission. He really danced around what we are doing in any kind of leadership role now that NATO, essentially a United States led military alliance, is taking over the mission. And the question of the day is this. What is the mission? That is no more clearer today than it was before the speech of last night.

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