dagblog - Comments for "Iraq to Libya, from tragedy to farce?"

You're saying I've got a

acanuck — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 18:46:10 +0000

In reply to The English language, our

You're saying I've got a Testarossa and didn't know it? Woohoo!

Oh...and since Dick Day is

cmaukonen — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 15:19:04 +0000

In reply to That is fair enough... George

Oh...and since Dick Day is not here...I render unto you the Daily Dagblog Line of the Day.

LOL....David...that is not a

cmaukonen — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 15:16:20 +0000

In reply to That is fair enough... George

LOL....David...that is not a pleasant thought.

That is fair enough... George

David Seaton — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 14:51:08 +0000

In reply to To quote George Carlin "where

That is fair enough... George Carlin is as close as America will ever get to Mahatma Gandhi.

To quote George Carlin "where

cmaukonen — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 14:46:51 +0000

In reply to Thanks.Certainly all serious

To quote George Carlin "where do people think these politicians come from? They don’t fall out of the sky. They don’t pass through a membrane from another reality. No, they come from American homes, American families, American schools, American churches, American businesses, and they’re elected by American voters. This is the best we can do, folks. It’s what our system produces: Garbage in, garbage out."

In other words judge the American people by the leaders that they choose.

But then I really don't

Bruce Levine — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 12:53:00 +0000

In reply to Yes, but those countries are

But then I really don't understand your point--we've not attacked other client states and neither have we attacked non-client states Syria or Iran--we've only agreed to help attack Libya. I'm still not sure why. But I think it's simplistic and in your case a symptom of someting more intense and deep-seeded, i.e. your hatred for America, to simply assert like a bull in a china shop (a nice and articulate bull but still filled with rage underneath), that all one need do is draw a straight line from Iraq to Libya. Besides I thought you accused the Jewish Lobby of starting the war in Iraq--wasn't that your shtick? You aren't saying that, in Libya too.......Nah even you wouldn't suggest that now.

Fair enough. There are

Verified Atheist — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 12:48:12 +0000

In reply to I think it is instructive

Fair enough. There are definitely lessons there on the disruptive abilities of a ragtag group of poorly organized rebels, from IEDs to the dangers of turning the local populace (even more) against you.

Training and noncoms are

David Seaton — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 12:47:10 +0000

In reply to The experience of U.S.

Training and noncoms are everything... working through a city house by house is a ballet dance. If Qaddafi could "liberate" Benghazi, it would turn the whole allied operation into a farce.

Also Qaddafi may very well organize a "green march" (with women and children included) from Tripoli to Benghazi carrying "humanitarian aid" (ambulances carrying arms and ammunition) to the "loyal population of Benghazi". Without allied troops on the ground it would be impossible to monitor this "march" and separate the sheep from the goats.

I think it is instructive

A Guy Called LULU — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 12:43:33 +0000

In reply to I'm pulling for the rebels,

I think it is instructive though obviously not exactly the same. The U.S. had a bigger spread in the areas that David said gave the Qaddafi troops an advantage.I only have a few minutes to read and respond between shower and leaving the house so I threw out a quick thought. Maybe more later.

I'm pulling for the rebels,

Verified Atheist — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 12:30:54 +0000

In reply to The experience of U.S.

I'm pulling for the rebels, too, but the experience of the US infantry in Iraq isn't exactly instructive here, as I'm guessing Qaddafi has no qualms about killing innocent bystanders. Not that our record is spotless, but we at least try to give the appearance that we care about that!