Ron Paul & Dennis Kucinich On Presidents War Power

[Sam]

Originally Posted by jfrog

I'm not sure I agree with the war in Libya.

There has been a maniac as a dictator in Libya for years.
We tried to kill him many years ago and missed him.
He's been responsible for terrorist acts like the Lockerbee explosion, etc.
We've let him go on for years.

Right now there is a move across Muslim countries for people to rise up against their governments. We don't know who is instigating it but it may be Iran and the Muslim Brotherhood with the desire to establish an Islamic Caliphate with sharia law across the area similar to the Ottoman Empire before World War 1.

A group of people in Libya have risen up against their leader. Again, we don't know who these people are, who is instigating this, and who is arming them. It seems that some of the people in this group of rebels have fought against us in Iraq and Afghanistan and some have been released from our prison in Guantanamo. Since the government of Libya has reacted to this rebellion by fighting back to retain power, the U.N. and the neighboring Arab countries have asked for someone to go in and help the rebels, so the United States and NATO have stepped in.