tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post8227048454712215476..comments2024-02-29T02:10:56.878-08:00Comments on J O S H U A P U N D I T: Italy Wants Out Of NATO's Libya WarFreedom Fighterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13649470110087808596noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post-42371752333194960132011-06-22T12:56:00.555-07:002011-06-22T12:56:00.555-07:00All of the problems Libya did not anticipate, I an...All of the problems Libya did not anticipate, I anticipated all of them before the war even started. How could they not have foreseen this? Don't these people get paid alot of money to analyze these things? <br /><br />"They really, really want that oil." Actually they really, really NEED that oil. This makes the operation even more baffling. They had contracts with Libya for the oil did they not? Why put those in jeporady to back "rebels" we barely even know and that never had any real chance of winning? Even if they didn't have contracts, the Libyans would have likely been willing to sell oil to them. Now even that's in jeporady. <br /><br />The problem for the US is that relatives of Khaddaffi have been killed in this operation. He, his sons, and other top officials in the regime are going to blame America for this. They will never forget and now more than ever will never stop trying to harm America. This makes it all more crucial that we withdraw all forces from Libya and the entire Middle East without delay and redeploy them to the US borders where they will have a fighting chance to defend our country. <br /><br />Part of this may mean us cutting a separate deal with Libya where we receive some kind of security guarantees from them where we can be sure they aren't going to attack us in retaliation for this ill conceived military action. If this is done, we should insist upon some way to actually ensure Libyan compliance with the terms. America is closely scrutinized by an often hostile news media. As such its compliance with any agreement is assured.<br /><br />Sicne the British and French were foolish enough to jepordize perfectly good oil deals to support rebels who never had any chance of winning any way, let them fight their own war. They fantasize about being "top dog." Here's their chance. <br /><br />Finally, Italy can just walk away. No offense to Italy but it is a small weak country with no real influence. Libya will really want to target America for vengence here and will likely ignore Italy. As such, it is not so easy for us to just walk away. We need some type of assurance from Libya that they are not going to be targeting us for destruction and that our people will not be targeted by them.B.Posternoreply@blogger.com