Obama will help Japan but not help to oust Ghaddaffi

After the two wars in Iraq in which so many American/British lives were lost and are still being lost perhaps it is better to let the Arabs deal with this problem and not the West. Unless of course they appeal for help. You just can't march in and expect a country to be democratic when they do not know what democracy is and have never practised democracy. Of course Mr. Obama would send relief to Japan. It is the worst disaster ever and now they may have yet another earthquake and Tsunami. The whole world is helping as it is a humanitarian cause.

Japan is a close ally with us and should something nasty happen with one of those reactors Americans would be at great risk for extreme exposure to Radiation that would cause them to die in a worse case. As for Lybia we have no business invading the country as if they are having civil Unrest that is for the people to battle out where in this countries founding for us to police the world sending our troops to any country we see fit without a Declaration of War. Wars are extremely expensive and despite the lack of declaration by the weaklings in Congress we are in two very expensive drawn out wars that have no end in sight because we didn't go in there with a mission. These two wars have cost use Billions of dollars and a third war wouldn't help us in anyway you want to balance the Budget but want the United States to be the Police of the World well sorry to say you can't do both so either Police the world and have a massive budget deficit or in order to compensate for the expenses of these wars that we will be going into on a very often basis raise taxes across the board until everyones income is taxed at 90% or so then we can pay for everything....maybe. I mean those two wars cost us at least 50 Billion at least on the Budget most likely more so Lybia could cost a whole lot more as they have a Military so may be 100 billion added to the Budget at the least ummm doesn't sound smart to me seems Obama picked the right choice help Japan as it endangers Americans that are deployed to bases in Japan.

Ithink it is a very hard issue, the poor US has gone into countries to try and help them then they get damned on for invading a country...I wish someone could do something about that man but I can understand why the US has to think about this sort of thing...

A no fly zone is an act of war, we cannot afford another war and have no right to start one. Lybians will have to settle the matter, if anyone intervenes it should be people that are closer to the area and are in better financial condition.

That's a difficult one for me to call. I personally think Obama won't cross Gadaffi cause he's in thick with Gaddafi & Farrakhan. I read a piece on the personal ties between the three of them going back to Rev. Wright's church and it's involvement with Farrakhan and money sent to help out Gadaffi's family somehow. Don't remember the details but will look them up. I do agree we're spread pretty thin. The 'mom' in me wants to go help those who are fighting for their freedom. I say 'mom' in me because I can't stand a bully pushing weaker folks around. But after reading other responses here, I'm wondering if they really want OUR brand of freedom or if they'd just let the Muslim Brotherhood call the shots after we won the war for them, which definately wouldn't be good for the USA or rest of the world for that matter. Very difficult call.

it is different war there in libra and in different time. as you know usa and allies has been stretch too long in two war in iraq and afganistan while back home suffering economic thingie and popularity decline, basically no body want to involve in unppopular war , meanwhile the average libya dude does not like western power and consider usa is devil and such. gaddafi got billions dollar in war chest. so it will be bloddy civil war there.

First off, you spelled his name correctly. I looked it up, and that's how it's spelled in the Latin alphabet. No idea how they spell it in Arabic, but then I'm sure myLot woudln't recognize Arabic characters. LOL Anyway, it doesn't make sense to me either, how politicians pick their battles. Doesn't make sense to me at all!!

Suspenseful, one needs to understand the forces behind these civil unrest to appreciate events: 1). True, colonel Gaddafi has been in power for over 30 years, is over 70 and I believe that it is time for a change in Libya. 2). I am strongly against the colonel resorting to heightened violent acts against his country people - very inappropriate, colonel Gaddafi. On the other hand however, colonel Gaddafi is one of very few African leaders that have over the years stood up against foreign powers attempting to impose upon his nation (and for that, I will forever have a soft spot for colonel Gaddafi). Gaddafi, folks, is an observant and very perceptive man and, unlike most African leaders, he has never forgotten the scramble for Africa and its consequencies. The man knows that he has been a stopper and is simply afraid the younger generation would yield to lurking vultures and turn his home-sweet-home into some Western colony.

First of all, don't worry about the spelling since it seems there are about a dozen different ways to spell his name! Next, I'm sorry I took so long to find this discussion but as it turns out, as we speak action is being taken and I think the world leaders went about it the right way, with an international coalition. The thing is ANY American President can't win for losing in these situations since there will always be those who think he or she does too much, too soon while others feel it's too little, too late. The bottom line is, we're involved in two middle east wars already and we could no way afford on any level to get into a third on our own without having the international community standing with us. Annie

I would love to see Ghaddaffi out, but I fear that our armed forces are spread too thinly.

I think Obama is doing this because japan needs are help more now then ousting Ghaddaffi. He can wait and are troops are thin as it is! We have so many over in Afganistan and Irag,who is left to fight in Libya? I would love to see that nut case ousted and see gasoline prices stop going up! I think it is will be a wait and see thing!

"Since the re-establishment of diplomatic relations with Libya in 2004, the United States has lifted economic sanctions against the country and has removed Libya from the U.S. list of states that sponsor terrorism. With these new developments, Libya is now more accessible to U.S. companies." Note the use of the word more. Many US companies were active in Libya during the sanctions via European subsidiaries. "In January 2005, Libya awarded its first contracts for drilling rights to U.S. companies in 18 years. Three American firms, Amerada Hess, ChevronTexaco, and Occidental won the lion’s share of oil blocks in the first round of the exploration and production sharing agreement auction." source@ http://www.buyusa.gov/libya/en/doingbusinessinlibya.html Do you think if someone overthrows Gadaffi they'll want to engage with the same businesses and continue with those contracts? Do you imagine that the oil businesses who have contracts in Libya want a regime change unless they get to control the next government?