tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337568240689378702.post4916007050977687866..comments2023-11-17T02:23:26.098-06:00Comments on A Penigma - a mystery, under a pseudonym: Why Republicans Are Wrong on International Affairs, Especially Military ActionsPenigmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05134413210507419937noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337568240689378702.post-34420652219585336962011-03-02T13:03:17.881-06:002011-03-02T13:03:17.881-06:00This is a fast moving story, so I may be behind.
...This is a fast moving story, so I may be behind.<br /><br />Let’s not blame the messenger. Whatever your opinion of McCain should not matter … evaluate the idea AND the Motivation. <br /><br />After all the calls for a no-fly zone include a Minnesota Congressman … who happens to be a Muslim … <a href="http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2011/02/lawmakers-step-up-criticism-of.html" rel="nofollowMinnesota Centralhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02462056292830437795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337568240689378702.post-38721988839077632712011-03-02T02:26:21.945-06:002011-03-02T02:26:21.945-06:00And if NATO wants to do a no-fly zone, that would ...And if NATO wants to do a no-fly zone, that would be great - but they won't unless they're invited or have some agreement with the Lybian dissidents. Arms is the one thing that Libya seems to have an abundance of; food on the other hand might be a really good thing to provide.<br /><br />While we are part of NATO, we're not the whole of NATO, and NATO has a different relationship, bydog gonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151618317070878675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337568240689378702.post-41747520168659127432011-03-01T19:39:48.911-06:002011-03-01T19:39:48.911-06:00The no-fly zone was first proposed at the UN and I...The no-fly zone was first proposed at the UN and I think by France. Something like the no fly zone over Iraq would help the new govt without putting foreign troops on the ground. I also read recently that even with lots of military units defecting Gadahfi is in good shape. He has restricted supplies over the yrs so that the only units with more than a day or two worth of ammo were ones led by histtuckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17952185527962074906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337568240689378702.post-41103477478888733102011-03-01T09:45:37.694-06:002011-03-01T09:45:37.694-06:00While the Libyan opposition government might not v...While the Libyan opposition government might not view us as enemies, our intrusion into their air space could so easily be mistaken for us coveting their oil fields, that to propose it without first establishing their permission to do so on their behalf could only inflame the entire middle east against us.<br /><br />We have either supported, or at the very least tolerated, all of the middle eastdog gonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151618317070878675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337568240689378702.post-80653913446222867022011-03-01T09:38:10.288-06:002011-03-01T09:38:10.288-06:00I have a lot of respect for Secretary Gates. He’s...I have a lot of respect for Secretary Gates. He’s got a very difficult job … his enemies are more in Congress and the military industrial industry than overseas. For example, consider Gates’ battle with John Kline (R-MN-02) and other Republicans <a href="http://mnpoliticalroundtable.com/?p=2003" rel="nofollow"> EFV funding </a> but that is nothing new as they were on opposite sides of the <a Minnesota Centralhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02462056292830437795noreply@blogger.com