Bombing Libya is like trying to take our a nest of fire ants with an ICBM

[Taverner]

Yeah, you'll kill the ants, but also the rest of the state of Texas in the process

We can't bomb our way to happiness - even though that seems to be our only reaction

[The_Casual_Observer]

1. The official story is that the bombs are necessary to make the

airspace safe for patrols. Bombing anti-aircaft guns & so on.

The part that sets off the bullshit alarm is that the US is now embarking in an unspoken proxy war, the size & duration of which nobody knows.

[Taverner]

2. Why is it that anytime we want a distraction, we go and bomb somebody?

[The_Casual_Observer]

4. It was bound to happen sooner or later.

[ReturnoftheDjedi]

3. tell that to the people who were getting killed by tanks and aren't anymore

[The_Casual_Observer]

5. I'd buy into this, except that the people we are going to "protect"

have made it pretty clear that they are in voluntary armed conflict with those tanks. It sort of tangles up the simple morals & ethics of the situation just a tad.