From my buddies over at the Gotta Get Drunk First blog. A couple of headlines dated exactly 8 years apart:
MARCH 19, 2011
OBAMA: 'Today we are part of a broad coalition. We are answering the calls of a threatened people. And we are acting in the interests of the United States and the world'...
MARCH 19, 2003
BUSH: 'American and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm Iraq, to free its people and to defend the world from grave danger'...
Is there anyone out there who thinks we'll be out of Libya in 8 years?
Any takers?
According to some of the Talking Head on Meet The Depressed this morning, we're already moving beyond enforcing the "No Fly Zone". We've already bombed a few of Gaddafi's troops. We're taking sides in a civil war. Qaddafi is a very bad man, but we have no freakin' clue as to the character or goals of the people opposing him. If I'm not mistaken, the complexity of Libya's tribal loyalties makes Iraq look as homogeneous as a Klan rally.
We have learned absolutely nothing from the past 8 years.
MARCH 19, 2011
OBAMA: 'Today we are part of a broad coalition. We are answering the calls of a threatened people. And we are acting in the interests of the United States and the world'...
BUSH: 'American and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm Iraq, to free its people and to defend the world from grave danger'...
Is there anyone out there who thinks we'll be out of Libya in 8 years?
Any takers?
According to some of the Talking Head on Meet The Depressed this morning, we're already moving beyond enforcing the "No Fly Zone". We've already bombed a few of Gaddafi's troops. We're taking sides in a civil war. Qaddafi is a very bad man, but we have no freakin' clue as to the character or goals of the people opposing him. If I'm not mistaken, the complexity of Libya's tribal loyalties makes Iraq look as homogeneous as a Klan rally.
We have learned absolutely nothing from the past 8 years.
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