Libya?

Forum Members,

Given that the thread about Libyan air operations is for discussing air ops only, I figured this would be the safe place to put this question as I’m sure things will get political. So anyway, here it goes:

Why I haven’t heard the standard series of comments expressing views that disagree with the NATO assault on Libya?

Typically anytime there is a military intervention, Afghanistan and Iraq being the two most obvious recent examples, there are a lot of people on these forums who speak out against military action and they strongly criticize the decision to do such a thing.I haven’t heard that this time, and I’m curious as to why.

Now keep in mind this could be for many reasons:

1. I don’t read every thread on the the forum so perhaps people are saying that they disagree with it, and I just haven’t read one of those particular posts.

2. I don’t live in Europe or the U.K. where many of you do, and thus I’m not really privy to what the views of the majority of the population are on the situation.

3. People are just not voicing opinions on the situation like they have in the past.

I fully realize this thread could probably blow up in my face, but I’m not trying to start a flame war. I’m just asking the question. In the past I’ve had many folks yell and/or strongly disagree with me because I supported both the actions in Iraq and Afghanistan. I make no effort to hide that, and I realize many people probably don’t like me or otherwise think I’m crazy for having those beliefs.

With that having been said, let me say that I do agree with the decision to go into Libya to remove Gaddafi. Personally, I think he should have been removed years ago, but given that we can’t change the past I suppose that’s a debate for another day. So, in short I fully agree with what the Brits and the French (being the two primary leading nations on this particular operation) are doing.

In the past, many arguments were used however that said Iraq had not attacked the United States or the West directly so why invade? Similar things were said about Afghanistan. The ever popular “it’s a war against Islam” has also been used on multiple occasions. I don’t see many people saying this sort of thing in this situation. In many ways, Iraq and Libya are similar situations i.e. Crazy dictator killing his own people, he controls a good sized oil supply which could negatively impact another region financially, etc.

So what’s the story?

A confused ally(?) from across the Atlantic,

PII

P.S. Grey, don’t put me on the blocked list just yet. I want to get some feedback and opinions on this thread before things spin out of control and you ban me. 🙂