As I write this, it looks like the revolution in Libya is almost over. May Gaddafi's fall not crush anymore people than have already been crushed by his 41 years of misrule.
The raspberry is for Senators John McCain and Lindsay Graham for their statement that included:
"Americans can be proud of the role our country has played in helping to defeat Qaddafi, but we regret that this success was so long in coming due to the failure of the United States to employ the full weight of our airpower."
One: would anymore airpower than was provided by NATO been needed? One more set of airplanes might have made the skies over Libya more crowded and more dangerous for the crews.
Two: have they considered that more U.S. involvement might have given more weight to Gaddafi's claims about "crusaders" and "colonialists". Especially given that the U.S. almost always insists on being the leader of any coalition.
Three: don't they belong to the party that wants to cut the Federal deficit? Bombs cost lots of money. Money we don't seem to have for activities they don't like.
