So again...you assert "victory" really only means "cheaper"?
I suggest you evaluate the history of the region before making uniformed statements such as the one above.
Are you seriously trying to tell me that there was no internal rebellion in Iraq before we invaded? That is a total distortion of reality.
Why you keep harping on failure in Iraq as if that somehow makes Libya automatically a success is beyond me.
I measure success by the protection and furthering of our interests. A nation hardly has to be a "pet" to accomplish this.
Again, you are examining actions in Iraq in 2003 through a lens of 2011. As for "most of our allies" opposing Iraq...that is simply a lie again.
Stability in oil markets is in our national interest. There is really no denying that at this point.
Every argument made for intervention in Libya could have easily applied to Iraq...
If Bush said we are intervening in Iraq to rid the world of a dictator who kills his own people and creates instability in the region would you have supported it? Odds are you would not...yet here you are supporting Obama's intervention in Libya on those exact grounds.
No it's not. It is like a bill going through Congress. A member may hate the bill and want it to fail, but if it has the votes to pass, they might as well try to negotiate something to be included that benefits their district etc.
I know this is yet another swipe at Iraq, I suggest you examine how many countries actually were involved in that operation before dismissing them all as irrelevant.
It is quite clear you somehow equate success to anything that is not Iraq. That is probably the dumbest thing I have ever heard. By that "logic" we could fail totally in a foreign policy endeavor, and you will call it a success because "it is not Iraq."
Again, take off the Obama blinders and attempt to comprehend why I oppose action in Libya. It has nothing to do with who is in the White House. If it was a Republican I would be saying the exact same thing....apparently you are too blinded to see past the "everyone hates Obama" rhetoric. Sad.
