i say stay out

[acroyear]

The Libya situation is (thus far) a strictly internal affair. 

There is no direct threat to anybody outside of the country, and no undo influence from any other country on one side or the other of what is effectively a civil war.

If we get involved, oil prices will continue to rise.  If we DON'T get involved, oil prices will continue to rise.

Occam's Razor would therefore suggest staying the hell out is our best course of action.

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[sestree.livejournal.com]

It's concerning. You cannot compare this situation quite as easily to the situation in the 80s. Often in that area of the world, we are viewed as the bad guys. Right now it's all in upheaval and to go in could easily band them together and cause on helluva mess.

Plus - while I'm all for keeping innocent people from being killed, I agree - stay the hell out. We have no business in there.

You're correct on the oil prices. We're paying the piper on that one though. For many years we had reasonably affordable gasoline - damned cheap by many countries' standards. Automobile companies had no reason to make energy efficient cars because nobody wanted that - they wanted big SUVs. Because gasoline was easily available and affordable.

Sorry - that last one is my personal soapbox. My bad :(

[wildwose.livejournal.com]

Joe,
I am so glad to see someone else posting this. I can't tell you how odd it seems to me that we would consider going into Libya. Very odd. Imagine if it was here, and another country intervened. Seems so dumb. I feel for the people of Libya, and certainly don't support the regime there, but come on, do we really need to step into other people's civil wars?