Thoughts on Libya

I'm a horrible person. I can't keep a blog running to save my life. I'm doomed as a writer because of this.

Moving on.

We're in another war, now. I think that puts us at three, and that must be some kind of record. Don't listen to the President telling you there aren't 'boots on the ground'. We have special forces in there right now.

There is an extremely strong humanitarian argument to be made in Libya. A vicious dictator was about to destroy a resistance to his rule. Mass murder was going to occur. Someone needed to help, right?

As a humanist, I agree with the above statement. As a lover of my life, I do not. I find it funny that the people who argue about intervening in Libya have not joined the Peace Corps or the Army and picked up a gun. Not a single one from Sean Hannity to the annoying bitch I got into this with on facebook took a plane flight over there and helped a single person. Also, I sure as hell am not picking up a gun to go help those people. An argument can be made that our military is paid to do such things. That is true. However, a tax argument against this can be made to say that plenty of Americans don't think we should be in there, so there money should not be spent in that area.

A large number of missiles have been launched, at 1.5 million a pop. I can't get enough books for my classroom. That's another problem.

We have no moral obligation to be over there, at all. Kids from Atlanta, Georgia have no moral obligation to go to Libya and help a foreign people overthrow a foreign dictator. It's ludicrous. If you feel differently about this, you should pick up some weapon and march on over there. But please, from President Obama to facebook experts, stop saying we have a moral obligation to help these people if you're unwilling to do it. There is no 'we'. Perhaps you feel that obligation. I don't. Don't use my money or my body to do it.