Keep No Fly Closed 0
Simon Jenkins comments of the pressure to intervene in Libya.
It’s a lot of macho posturing by politicians and commentators who want to be macho by remote control. They will not be in harm’s way and will watch their strategies unravel from the safety of their television rooms. It’s not like they got anything right about Afghanistan and Iraq. Or Viet Nam in 1954. Or Nicaragua in 1909. Or Guatamala in 1954. Or Iran in 1953. . . .
Here’s a nugget. I think the part I’ve emphasized catches the nut of the matter:
Read the whole thing. I find his arguments persuasive.
