Look, I don't like this morass that Obama has led us into, but just because he's sending Marines to the theater of operations doesn't mean they're going into combat in Libya. Marines are often deployed in regions for humanitarian missions. If Gadhafi gets ousted, there will be a humanitarian crisis as infrastructure is in ruins and refugees flee this man-made disaster. If he stays in power, there will still be a humanitarian crisis on Libya's borders as refugees flee the country. That might be where the Marines are headed, but we don't know. There's certainly nothing in that Pentagon video that says those Marines are going into combat in Libya.

So he may not be deploying ground troops in combat roles, which means only the members of our ground armed forces won't be shooting at anyone. CIA paramilitary advisers on the ground technically don't count because they aren't considered part of our armed forces, though I'll be the first to admit that it's a weasel defense.

I still don't see a consistent policy about this, nor a clear exit strategy. I'd like to see the rebels win, but who knows how long that will take? How long are we willing to help them? How many wars are we supposed to be involved in at the same time?

To those who say we should help to prevent a massacre, I can only say this: How much can the United States do for the entire world? There is no doubt that we still have the most powerful military the planet has ever seen, but that doesn't mean we have the ability to step in to resolve every conflict. There are massacres of varying sizes going on throughout the Middle East right now. Can we intervene in them all?

On a separate but related note, I'm tired of our presidents getting us into wars without a vote from Congress. If some assholes show up on our shores and start shooting at us, then sure, shoot first then vote later. But this unitary executive shit has gone on for too long.

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