A Wise Man Once Said, Fool Me- You Can't Get Fooled Again

My inbox is overflowing with questions from readers about my support for our Glorious spreading of democracy to Libya. Because I don't have time to answer everyone I'll write my views and something of what you can call a reasoning here.

Right off the bat, I'll just say it. I don't support military involvement in Libya. There are any number of scenarios that could come from American intervention into what is currently a Libyan civil war. The worst of which would be something that resembles our Glorious triumphs in Iraq. The best, to me, that we can hope for is Gaddafi quits and decides to send his billions in oil money he has stashed away to us to help pay college expenses for every kid in America.  Anything in-between could plausibly happen too.

I was reading earlier that Democratic Rep. Dennis Kucinich wants President Obama impeached for ordering military action. I also read, too, that some Republicans are questioning the president's authority. I find all that as hogwash. The president, as granted by the War Powers Act, has every authority to order the military into action. Some say the War Powers Act itself is unconstitutional, and it probably is, but it's never been ruled that way by the Supreme Court. Until it is struck down, it's valid.

My disagreement with military action in Libya has nothing to do with liberals or conservatives, or any talking head telling me what to say or think. I oppose it because after 2003 when I cheered war with Iraq and I turned out to be dead wrong, I told myself that I would never blindly follow this country into war again. So here I am with a president I personally know leading us into war with a new Muslim Arab country. I could pretend my Bush-era opposition to military involvement into a country with a leader we don't like never happened just because I like our current president. Nah, I don't think so.

Instead I'm going to stick with a rule I set for myself some years ago.  Supporting war from my comfy armchair really isn't patriotic at all.  I'm sitting this one out y'all.