Reply #10: Basically, most of the opinions I read for going into Libya come from right wing

[beachmom]

neoconservatives. All the usual suspects who backed Iraq.

In addition to Senator Webb, Gen. Wesley Clark also is opposed:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/11/AR2011031103244.html

In March of 1974, when I was a young Army captain, I was sitting in a conference on civil-military relations at Brown University. Rep. Les Aspin (D-Wis.) was onstage expounding on the lessons from Vietnam about military interventions. He then stopped and looked right at me and the four West Point cadets at my side. "You, the young officer and cadets sitting there - never in your lifetimes will you see us intervene abroad," I recall him saying. "We've learned that lesson."

For all his brilliance, Aspin couldn't have been more wrong.

We have launched many military interventions since then. And today, as Moammar Gaddafi looks vulnerable and Libya descends into violence, familiar voices are shouting, once again: "Quick, intervene, do something!" It could be a low-cost win for democracy in the region. But before we aid the Libyan rebels or establish a no-fly zone, let's review what we've learned about intervening since we pulled out of Vietnam.

But you know, I'm open to being wrong. By all means post an article for intervening in Libya and I will read it, Wisteria. Frankly, John Kerry is the only leader I am aware of who supports this (I call it No Fly Zone Lite in that he wants ducks in a row internationally first) who I respect. Everyone else is people like Bill Kristol, and this crowd:

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/experts-urge-obama-act-libya_554622.html

Stephen E. Biegun
Max Boot
Ellen Bork
Paul Bremer
Scott Carpenter
Elizabeth Cheney
Eliot Cohen
Seth Cropsey
Thomas Donnelly
Michele Dunne
Eric Edelman
Jamie Fly
Reuel Marc Gerecht
William Inboden
Bruce Pitcairn Jackson
Ash Jain
Robert Kagan
David Kramer
Irina Krasovskaya
William Kristol
Tod Lindberg
Ann Marlowe
Cliff May
Joshua Muravchik
Michael O'Hanlon
Martin Peretz
Danielle Pletka
John Podhoretz
Randy Scheunemann
Gary J. Schmitt
Dan Senor
William Taft
Marc Thiessen
Daniel Twining
Ken Weinstein
Leon Wieseltier
Rich Williamson
Damon Wilson


Ah, Paul Bremer, that brings back memories . . . .