Wars of Choice

I am rarely of two minds about the proper course for America, but am ambivalent at best about United States participation in the attack on the Qaddafi regime in Libya. In some ways, the decision has even eroded the North Atlantic Treaty Organization with original members France and Britain leading the charge for involvement and other allies refusing to participate. There is some wisdom in this reluctance, but America has been dragged in even though what will replace Qaddafi is far from certain. In some aspect, I have liked the idea of Pax Americana, with the US as the colossus that imposes peace and freedom across the world. But in practical application, I am aware that America lacks the will to even win in Afghanistan, the country that incubated and hatched the September 11, 2001 horror and even shielded Osama bin Laden thereafter. I hope the action taken against the brutal Libyan dictator is swift and decisive.