War on Libya
The US has now attacked a third Middle Eastern country. I am against all the wars in the Middle East. I understand about wanting to get rid of Moammer Khaddafi, but I don’t think joining a civil war was the right thing to do. The only thing that does hold a little sway in my mind is that some of the “rebels” fighting against Khaddafi’s forces did call for intervention to help them.
It is a cold comfort that this operation is being handled by more than just the US. Both Britain and France have used their militaries to strike Libya. But the operation is presumably authorized under UN Resolution 1973 (2011).
I have this fear that more civilians will die because we attacked than would have died otherwise. Hopefully I’m wrong. Fortunately, we won’t have any boots on the ground. Or that is what keeps being said. We’ll see how true it remains.
