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On Tue, 22 Mar 2011 16:08:59 -0400, wrote:

On Tue, 22 Mar 2011 10:32:43 -0700, wrote:

On Tue, 22 Mar 2011 00:11:44 -0400, wrote:

On Mon, 21 Mar 2011 18:47:58 -0700, wrote:

Why do we have the right to decide what "human rights" mean in a
foreign country? In real life we are using human rights to mask an
economic or political mission anyway.

So, just to be clear, according to you, screw everyone else. If people
are murdered by dictators, not our problem.

I guess you didn't have a problem with Germany pre-WW2. Why did we
attack them? They didn't attack us.

Maybe you were absent the day they taught history. Germany declared
war on us.

But, they didn't attack us. Watch the movie The Mouse that Roared.

Right now we are backing the "rebels" in Libya but we do not have a
clue who they really are. It is significant that this region is an
alleged Al Queda strong hold. We may end up replacing a guy that we
had "contained" to use your words, with a gang that we have no
influence over at all.

We're not supplying them with weapons so far. I think that would be a
mistake on general principles, but we have built some good will which
is sorely lacking for us in the region.

Good will from who?
It certainly hasn't become apparent. The Arab League has backed off of
their endorsement and is saying this is not what they signed on to.

The cheers on the ground in Libya. The Arab League has not backed off
much. They backed off the statement that it was more than what they
signed on with.

You have still not given me an example of a success story in all of
our post WWII military adventures. The best that you can point at is a
stalemate in the Bulkans where we have 124,000 blue helmets standing
between feuding factions.

No stalemate. No one is dying there as they were previously.

That is the definition of a stalemate.
(It is a chess term, referring to a game where no pieces can be taken)

No. A stalemate is when neither side gets an advantage. This isn't
chess. This is human life. But, I forgot, you don't care.

BTW when I went looking for that number I was overwhelmed by reports
of the UN "peacekeepers" engaged in human trafficking and rape.
Put this on your google bar

"Bosnia peace keepers 2010"

You can see what wonderful people the UN is putting in there to help
out the population.

So, you're claiming that all the peace keepers (ours included) are
trafficking and raping. Seems to me you believe that because a few
people do something bad, that means all of them do bad.

Just enough to be a problem. More wonderful press for the UN

Problem for the individuals being harmed and some bad press. That's
not a rebuke of the UN.