The Business of War

Events in the past twenty years or so have often focused around the Middle East. Today is of no difference. If you want to talk about the most current of events, then of course Libya would be the main topic of discussion. It seems that the people of the Middle East tire of their dictators and wish to overthrow such tyrannical rule. What started in Tunisia has spread like wildfire throughout the Middle East. Perhaps an appreciation for the Western standard has got them believing that democracy is what is necessary, or perhaps they tire of their old regime. Regardless, Islamic states such as those in the Middle East do hold a higher regard in terms of regulations than those such as ours.

The biggest event as of late, was the bombing of Tripoli by the Allied forces. Now this in my opinion is ridiculous. My problem with this issue is in fact with US involvement. Why must we as a country stick our nose in almost everything that occurs within the world? More importantly, why must it be with violence? If it was among diplomatic terms that is somewhat more understandable but shooting rockets into Tripoli?? To me, that is almost unacceptable. I can see why the Allied forces would want to take Qaddafi down. Clearly, he is not sane of mind, but regardless what can one do in this scenario?

The biggest qualm I have with this declaration is that we are already amidst a war and yet now we might be on the verge of another. Bombing a city is obviously an aggressive attack that could lead to negative consequences. We, as a country, are already severely in debt. Our military spending is already out of control, and to add this on top of everything else is completely unnecessary. Furthermore, Obama executed this order without the permission of Congress, a clear violation of our nation's system of checks and balances. According to the constitution, only in times when are actual nation is in danger may the president supersede Congress and sign off on a military initiative. Last time I checked were we in any sort of immediate danger from Libya?? I think not.

I guess what they were thinking is that being a premiere nation of the world, we could not just stand idly by and watch as a tyrant killed his own people. More importantly, being involved with UN, NATO, all of those organizations almost makes us "obligated" to so called be involved. Other European nations are considering bringing troops into Libya while we stand idly by. Thank god. We should not waste more money and lives than necessary. Last I heard, we have already sunk in approximately $600 million into the bombings in Libya. That is a ridiculous amount for a war that we are not even directly involved with.

Maybe it's just me, maybe I'm wrong, but as an allied country, I say we vote not to help out Libya. Aid is one thing, but bombing is another. Our country is already in massive amounts of debt and trouble and yet we seem to only want to escalate it even more so? War it seems is a profitable business.