US Congress divided

[slamlander]

In Congress, divisions over Libya

I only have to say that we do not need yet another trillion dollar war. Current expenses are at 700 million USD, that’s only 300M$ shy of a billion. I say to stop it there and padlock our wallet.

The cost of U.S. involvement in Libya has been estimated at $700 million so far, and comes at a time of growing

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[desertrat66]

Some would opine it's to curry favor with Muslims.

Personally I think he was hoping for a boost in his ratings with a quick and painless military victory as he approaches a potentially devastating election year.

Welcome to another briar patch Mr. President.

I'd be OK with supplying Bullets, Beans and Band-Aids (assuming we were careful about who we were giving them to). But not combat forces.

[slamlander]

Some would be wrong. I would submit that the best way to curry favor is to leave them alone. Getting involved would actually give free political ammo to the other side.

On the other hand. I suspect that you can no more curry favor with the extreme radical muslims than extreme radical christians. Even trying would be a mistake.

[slamlander]

BTW, I suspect that you actually want to refer to the Tarbaby. Br'er Rabbit in the briar patch is a fable with a different message than Br're Rabbit and the tarbaby.

[desertrat66]

Quite possibly

Been a long time.