Intervention

Hey Mr. President, it's the 18-24 year old demographic you coveted in the 2008 election. We're wondering what kind of message you’re sending by starting another war, our third active campaign. I understand that you think we should intervene on a “humanitarian” stance. I agree that a ruthless dictator that kills his people is a menace to society. But the message you’re sending (or at least that I’m receiving) is that the only countries where we have vital “interests” in deserve our military’s help to free themselves from tyranny. My dad taught me that if you’re going to do something, do it right. Don’t half ass it. If we’re going to invade one country that is being ruled by tyranny, then it is our role as “world security guards,” or however you spun the phrase, to invade every country whose denizens are being ruled by tyrants. Not just the ones that have oil, natural gas, rare earth minerals or anything else we deem valuable enough to exploit by paying having our upper 2 percent pay that country’s upper 2 percent off. It’s hypocritical if we pick and choose our humanitarian invasions. Speaking of hypocritical, has anyone else seen the complete 180 degree turn MSNBC has taken since the invasion. Chris Matthews and Ed Schultz are openly supporting the invasion in Libya. Shultz’ opinion can be found here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ed-schultz/why-i-support-president-o_b_839800.html . Ever since Keith Olbermann left, MSNBC has seemed to be without an identity. It is now clear that their identity is pro-corporation, pro-Obama, and anti-middle class. It’s no wonder that CNN has reclaimed second place in the cable news wars. On January 6, 2011 the cable primetime news overall ratings were: Fox-2.439Million, MSNBC-1.032M, CNN-467,000. On March 23, 2011 they were: Fox-2.450M, MSNBC-935,000, CNN-940,000. Piers Morgan has done well in Larry King’s old time slot. He’s definitely not soft which I think was the perception of him before he started asking Kid Rock, Donald Trump, and others hard hitting questions. Anderson Cooper has become the definition of an international journalist. It seems the rest of the world loves the guy...when they’re not punching him upside the head. CNN should bring back Sanchez at the 8 o' clock hour. He was a fresh voice and opinion and, oh yea, at least he didn't get fired from his job for having sex with a prostitute (I'm looking at you Eliot Spitzer). Well I’ve gone off the path of where I started this blog post. Kind of like Bush did in Iraq. I hope you know what you’re doing Mr. President, because if not then in 2012 we may need to have an intervention.

What are we doing in Libya?

So I've watched as little cable news as possible since we invaded Libya. It's all lies and cover ups to some degree. The internet is the place to get news. I go to the Huffington Post for my left-leaning news and The Drudge Report for my right wing concepts. Infowars works as the alternate source. Sometimes it'll touch on things the mainstream media avoids, sometime it misses and sounds too crazy. Even for me. We're obviously in Libya for the oil as opposed to "protecting civilians," dropping bombs doesn't protect anyone. The interesting thing behind the propeganda proliferating out of the Obama Administration is that, unlike the Iraq War, it wasn't pre-meditated. Bush tried to sell the country on a war in Iraq from December 2002 until finally lying us into it in March 2003. 8 years to the day before we invade Libya. Funny coincidence but merely a footnote of atrocity in the future's history. Obama didn't spend months convincing us to invade a sovereign nation like Bush because Libyan citizens caused the unrest. Those same citizens will now be considered collateral damage and probably won't even be reported on the mainstream media because the "precision" bombs don't miss their targets. But that's what they told us about Iraq. They also said we wouldn't be sending in ground troops in Shock and Awe. 8 years later we still have ground troops there, but since they aren't conducting missions they don't count and don't get media coverage. And probably don't get proper health benefits. What's the over/under on when ground troops invade Libya? I'll say 1 month. Who wants that bet?