Tag: libya

Libyan Intervention Fraught With Risks

There are many practical reasons why the U.S. military attack on Libya is a bad idea—including that Libya has nothing to do with American vital interests, that helping an unknown opposition is fraught with risks of getting something worse than Moammar Gadhafi, and that the United States was overstretched militarily (already conducting two other wars) … Continue reading “Libyan Intervention Fraught With Risks”

French Fraud Behind Libya War Drive

The Libyan war has the French, of all people, in the forefront, with President Nicolas Sarkozy’s smug, self-satisfied face mugging for the camera as French fighter jets scream in the skies over Tripoli. The French, who sat out the Iraq war with haughty disdain, are now even more eager than the Americans to get into … Continue reading “French Fraud Behind Libya War Drive”

The Fed Undermines Foreign Policy

Listen to Rep. Ron Paul deliver this address here. Last week I was both surprised and pleased when the Supreme Court upheld lower court decisions requiring the Federal Reserve Bank to comply with requests for information made by Bloomberg under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Bloomberg simply wanted to know who received loans from … Continue reading “The Fed Undermines Foreign Policy”

The Arab Awakening, Hijacked?

News of a rift in the Libyan rebel ranks, as reported in the Washington Post, underscores much about what is wrong with US/NATO intervention in Libya: “When asked who was commanding the army, one career soldier, Ramzi Ali Mohammad, 31, said, ‘Khalifa Haftar.’ “’No, no,’ said another, Abdel Salam Mohammad Ali, 52, a corporal who … Continue reading “The Arab Awakening, Hijacked?”

A Community Organizer Goes to War

Now that Benghazi has been spared what we were assured would be a massacre by Muammar Gadhafi’s army, why are the U.S. Air Force, Navy, CIA, and Special Forces still attacking in Libya? If our objective was to spare the defenseless people of Benghazi from slaughter, why, mission accomplished, did we not stop bombing? Why … Continue reading “A Community Organizer Goes to War”