US Congress divided

In Congress, divisions over Libya

I only have to say that we do not need yet another trillion dollar war. Current expenses are at 700 million USD, that’s only 300M$ shy of a billion. I say to stop it there and padlock our wallet.

The cost of U.S. involvement in Libya has been estimated at $700 million so far, and comes at a time of growing impatience with wars and deficit spending.

This is regardless of how I feel about the Libyan people or how much I dislike Kaddafi. Truth be told, the EuroZone can’t afford it either and I would tell them the same. The Libyan people will buy their freedom with their own blood, just like everyone else. No need to add our own or our cash. Let’s put people to work at home first.

"It is time to authorize the president’s use of force, whether he thinks he needs it or not," said McCain, the top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee.

The Libyan rebellion will succeed or not on its own. We (the US and Europe) really cannot afford to get involved.

The House ban, if approved by both chambers, would represent a further repudiation of President Obama‘s policy and would force the U.S. to limit its role to search, rescue, refueling and intelligence. It would stop short of a funding cutoff, as an unusual alliance of liberal Democrats and conservative Republicans have sought.

What I can’t understand is why Obama wants in on this fracas. If he does, it will be the one war that we can lay at his feet. After all, regardless what his opponents say, Iraq and Afghanistan were both Bush’s wars, at a Trillion Dollars each. At 14TUSD in the hole, we can’t afford yet another one of those.

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