Well it looks like all the years of US bashing are finally bearing fruit. 90% of the complaints directed toward the US have been unsubstantiated facts and out right propaganda. Lately it's been fashionable to claim that the US created and controlled the governments currently going through some difficulties. I call BS on this. During the cold war the US options basically came down to supporting anyone who was against the USSR. During the cold war the US was often blackmailed by those small country leaders who played the US and USSR against one another to gain US support. If the US couldn't oblige the USSR certainly would have provided the support.The US has always needed someone stable they could work with in country to country relations. It is the US governments responsibility to work on behalf of the US citizens to ensure and it's safety and prosperity . The well being of any other country has always been secondary. The US has been looking out for number 1 just like every other country on the planet looks after their own. The US prizes stability above all else. It is the citizens of a country who are most responsible for their circumtances. The countries currently in upheaval have always had the option of overthrowing their governments. Of course a lot of people will most certainly be killed but if the government is so bad sacrifices will need to be made. The citizens of any country greatly outnumber any governments military. With the easy availability of weapons those who want to rebel have the means. Iran used mass suicide charges using their citizens and even their children to fight off Iraq and it worked. Where their is the will there are always means.
However those who have been the loudest complainers are now castigating the US for not helping the rebel groups in Libya. Their rational for getting the US involved is to remove Libya's current government. They have proclaimed Qaddafi a vicious dictator who is killing the countries citizens. Now I have pretty much the same opinion Qaddafi but I see no reason the US needs to do anything. The same people calling for US intervention in Libya never seemed to be able to portray Saadam Hussien in the same light and called the US removal of him a "illegal war" and regime change was an unjust method. So this time around it looks like the US is going to heed their advice and this will guarantee the rebels will lose and Qaddafi will remain. This time the US was content on letting the UN work on the problem. It took the UN 3 weeks to make a decision and in that time Qaddafi's forces are defeating the rebels. The missile attacks and arial based attacks are now bombing military resources to slow down the defeat of the rebels. Tese actions are only going to slow down but not stop Qaddafi from putting down the rebels. There isn't a country in the world with the balls to actually send troops into the country to help the rebels defeat Qaddafi on the ground. Of course the US has demonstrated on more than one occasion that it has both the means and willingness to enter into such situations with any hope of success but have been castigated for years for our efforts. A lot of countries participating in the UN response didn't expect the US to defer to the UN and the Arab League and wait around until those groups made a decision. This is only a small example of what is going to happen in the future. The hate and lies constantly hurled against the US has started making US involvement in situations like this politically unsupportable by the US citizens. The absence or reduced presence of US power is not going to be kind to any who seek to improve their society. In fact the autocrats and dictatorial governments will become stronger and be harder to topple in the future.
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