Operation Kick Out The Bad Guy
I’m watching with interest how people react to the military action that started on March 19th.
I’m sure you’ve seen the news, right? The U.S. is participating in action with other countries in strikes that, truth be told, are simply to remove a bad guy from power.
This dictator came to power decades ago. He’s been a thorn in the side of the west for some time. He’s sponsored terrorism, and he has been killing his own people.
Some in the U.S. are concerned that we don’t have a clearly-defined mission. But here’s the truth of the matter. The president, whether you like his politics or not, decided not to take unilateral action, but to get the U.N. to say that if the dictator doesn’t stop, force will be used.
He didn’t. And now force is being used.
There will be lots of people in the U.S. opposed to this action. Others will support it. At least one Democrat has called for impeachment. And the media don’t really know how to handle all of this.
What will I do? Well, I’ve decided to get in my time machine and go forward eight years. 2003 looks like it will be a rough one. 2011 will have to be better, right? In fact, when I get to 2011, I’ll post these thoughts on the Internet somewhere for people to read. They’ll read what I wrote and think how silly it all was.
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March 21st, 2011 at 6:51 am
I C WHAT U DID THAR
March 21st, 2011 at 8:10 am
The ‘action’ would be easier to support if there were good guys who were behind the protestors,
but when a trip through the time machine reveals an Islamist, sharia state where a loony’s dictatorship was,
i’m not to excited.
In Iran, there were, ( & maybe still are ?) freedom loving, Western supporting protestors to support.
Should pull down THAT regeme.
March 21st, 2011 at 9:00 am
Important question: do the leaders of our Western countries understand that the odds are stacked against their idea of removing Quacky Dictator Man without putting boots on the ground?
March 21st, 2011 at 9:10 am
Hey Mr. Time Traveler, how did you hack into Basil’s account to post this? Especially with inferior 2003 hacking technology.
[Don't you understand simple temporal physics? On the way to the future, I stopped in 2008 and watched him set up his password here. He really should think about changing it. Using the same password as King Roland is a bad idea!]
March 21st, 2011 at 9:43 am
ObamaHitler and the Neo-Dem warmongers are just there for their oil and they don’t care how many innocent Libyan men, women and children will have to die to get it! ….Code Pink, just warming up.
March 21st, 2011 at 11:30 am
First, go back in time and grab some dinosaurs, next go to the future and get a bunch of robots. then go back to your current time of 2003 and release them all over the place. things may not get better but at least it will be awesome!
March 21st, 2011 at 11:41 am
I’ve always heard that the solution to any military problem was to bomb an aspirin factory.
March 21st, 2011 at 12:38 pm
Oh no! I hope he really doesn’t carry aping bush too far. That means he will leave quadafi in power and his son will become potus and finish the war for daddy. On a similar note, has anyone ever noticed how it seems impossible to mispell kadafi. I not sure he knows how to spell his own name. I like gadfly myself.
March 21st, 2011 at 1:35 pm
Dang, Basil, that’s a sharp knife you’re wielding there! Now stop reading comments get back to work!
March 21st, 2011 at 1:56 pm
Well done once again, Basil!
March 21st, 2011 at 2:01 pm
Kucinich is so mad at Obama that he wants to impeach the Prez over his stand on Libya. I can only assume from this that (in Kucinich’s opinion) nothing less than a drum head court martial and firing squad will do for former Prez Bush for what he did in Iraq.
March 21st, 2011 at 10:12 pm
Bring back the king of Libya – we always seem to get along better with kings than with kernels. If the old king is dead, I’m sure we could dredge up an heir … someone who was born in Africa, but has lived his life in denial of his heritage for fear of Kadafie’s agents … and I’m sure is champing at the bit to receive the joyful accolades of his faithful but unknowing subjects. Hmmm…
March 28th, 2011 at 8:24 am
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