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You should know, I fully support our operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. My objection to American involvement in Libya is based on the fact that I cannot see where our national interests will be served. This just seems like a political calculation on Obama's part. A war that he can call his own and a war that we can easily win. Since we deposed Saddam Hussein, Gaddafi has not posed much of a threat compared to several other world leaders.

If Obama is doing this for purely humanitarian reasons, then why has he not intervened in Darfur, where thousands have died and/or became rape victims?

If helping the rebels overthrow Gaddafi, then why did Obama not make that decision a few weeks ago when rebels seemed to have the upper hand? Why did Obama sit on his hands and wait for the UN to act while Gaddafi regrouped and went on a killing spree?

If we are able to turn the tide in what is a Libyan civil war, what makes us think that those who take over will be any improvement over Gaddafi? The most organized among the rebels are likely to be affiliated with Al Qaeda, so chances are the next Libyan leader would be as bad or even worse than Gaddafi.]


Finally, why is Obama on yet another vacation with his family, playing soccer in Brazil, instead of acting presidential during time of war?

I don't know why you say that. What do not understand about the coalition? The U.S. isn't even leading it. We sent so many Tomahawks because our ships had them to send, Britain's didn't at the time. This won't be "Obama's war", it's not even a war.

We're also not "helping the rebels overthrow Gadhafi, we're taking out air defense and eliminating anything that he has been using to attack rebels/civilians. That's it.

And sadly, the reason no one is doing anything in Darfur is because frankly, no one cares.

And with the Obama vacation comment, are you referring to the war in Afghanistan, because that's the only one I can think of...the U.S. is barely even doing anything in Libya compared to Afghan, he doesn't need to be in the White House for anything! He's not making the decisions on what targets to hit!

Hoot, I thought you wouldn't resort to that kind of low blow on the President. That's just dumb and on par with people acting like him filling out a bracket is in any way, shape, or form a bad thing. You know that I'm usually one of the last guys to support President Obama but come on.

You know what I think is ridiculous? All this coverage of Libya 24/7, but not one word was mentioned on CNN or even on their website about my friend who's the father of two dying in Afghanistan, or any of the other 4 or 5 troops that I've died. Pathetic. I could care less whether anyone appreciates me, but these guys that have died deserve to at least be mentioned on national news. This country has forgotten us.