We've been ignoring what's going on in Africa for the past thirty years, so why bother now? Decades of civil war, aids, corrupt governments, starvation...
BTW, Libya produces two percent of the world's oil, and 95% of that goes directly to Europe.
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Are the people of Libya crying out to the US and the world for help?
Whether they are or they aren't, isn't it odd that people who dance in the streets burning the US flag shouting "death to the infidels!" in times past seem to invariably in these kinds of troubled times to ask why "the decadent west" isn't helping them in their time of need?
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This part always slays me. They seem to hate us until they need us. Fuck off already. Just let them do whatever.
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Last I heard there were US warships with at least one carrier in the Mediterranean off the coast of Libya, so it's quite possible they'll be getting that help at some point.
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Not only do we have US warships in the area, we also have Naval Air Station Sigonella in Sicily, Italy. I'm not familiar with the area, but it seems to me it's pretty close to Libya.