Libya's Violent Rebellion & other ME revolutions

[TexasSP]

Come on, you know better than to pay attention to the media. They're all flash-bang and sensationalism and nothing more. I put little stock in media in general. It's always read between the lines and wondering what the rest of the story is in addition to the real story.

I'll address more a little later when not in a hurry.

Hey, but we still love each other right?!

[JERRY2KONE]

Hey haven't you heard? After pouring billions upon billions of US $$$$$ into Iraq and suffering losses in the thousands for our troops Iraq is now demanding that we pay them for clean up and recovery of their capital city, since of course we have decimated everything in support of their search of freedom. They are also now putting together law suits to demand that we compensate their family losses as well. This is why we need to pull everyone back and stop helping everyone else solve their issues. The only country I have seen show any sort of gratfulness for our support has been Korea since the Korean war. Of course the new younger generation has little feelings in the way of sentiment for us.

The situation in Libya is dismal at best. Momar is an aging idiot who has begun showing his a$$ once again stating that he will kill everyone in Libya and burn their oil fields before he gives up his command of the country. What a Moron. The days for that type of leadership were over hundreds of years ago. The people uprising against these tyrant leaders is long overdue. Rise up and smash these idiots and move for better times.

[PBO]

Originally Posted by TexasSP

Come on, you know better than to pay attention to the media. They're all flash-bang and sensationalism and nothing more. I put little stock in media in general. It's always read between the lines and wondering what the rest of the story is in addition to the real story.

I'll address more a little later when not in a hurry.

Hey, but we still love each other right?!

The media are part of the strategic thinking for countries, politicians etc you can't escape that & that's the context I was using my comment. Whether you or I believe the media or not doesn't matter...it's the majority of the population that matters & unfortunately most of them will

Yes, of course we still love each other. Nothing wrong with spirited discussions

In many respects the world needs the US to take a more high brow approach to the changing world. If the US does lose it's standing there will be a power vacuum of sorts & that's definitely not in any Western countries interests - nor for the rest of the world

History shows all great empires ultimately tumble. If we consider the US a modern empire, a few more generations of stability would be nice!