The Libyan Connection

The situation in Libyan is becoming more like a civil war with Pro and Anti- Qaddafi (however it is written as) dueling it out in the cities of Libya. Add to that the thousands of migrant workers trying to desperately get out of Libya and you have a classic case of refugee situation. Europe is also being affected as many of people are desperately trying to go there. Now despite the denial of the U.S. administration, there is a growing pressure to intervene militarily. Although the U.S. is trying to outsource this intervention to regional countries like France and Germany, but it also realizes that only the U.S. has the means to intervene militarily and therein lies the danger again.

We are already stretched too thin with Iraq and Afghanistan and North Korea problems and now we want to start another intervention in Africa. A no fly zone can be a good idea if other military powers take the bulk of the responsibility on their shoulders. Even if the U.N. authorizes the use of force, we should stay away from that place since we are and should not be the World’s Policeman. We should categorically state that we would not use military means to make the situation right in Libya. Let the regional powers (including the Arab League) take the lead and make them face the situation. It is better for us to fund their situation from far away then to send planes and boots to fight their battles.