Saturday, March 19

3 Ladies v. Gates, Donilon, Brennan.

Right, let's take the humanitarian (Power), woman with regrets (Rice), and inherently political woman (Clinton) over the advice of more experienced men: defense, national security, and counter-terrorism.

Libya was not vital to American national security interests, the men argued, and Mr. Brennan worried that the Libyan rebels remained largely unknown to American officials, and could have ties to Al Qaeda.
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Hillary and Susan Rice were key parts of this story because Hillary got the Arab buy-in and Susan worked the U.N. to get a 10-to-5 vote, which is no easy thing,” said Brian Katulis, a national security expert with the Center for American Progress, a liberal group with close ties to the administration. [Power pic.]

Experience is the best teacher, and those well intentioned alone rarely prove themselves a victor in reality. They should gain some humbling real-life experience first: namely, Life is a bitch; it's harder to do a job than just talk it up; and some things, you just never know until the heat of battle. The cleanup crew is through paying for dumb decisions our country just can't afford.

Who is doing Obama's thinking?
And which group do you suppose he is more like?

ADDED: It's like having the best grades in the world; turning in your homework daily and impressing the teacher; then failing the impartial final Test.
On Thursday, the South Africans, Nigerians, Portuguese and Bosnians — all of them question marks — said they would support the tougher resolution.

Even after getting the Security Council endorsement, Mr. Obama made clear that the military action would be an international effort.

“The change in the region will not and cannot be imposed by the United States or any foreign power,” the president told reporters at the White House on Friday. “Ultimately, it will be driven by the people of the Arab world.”

Get Out. Stay Out.
Stand Up for the Lives.

Don't we have enough "fixing" to do internally, here at home? Who will personally pay for this? : not the Clintons, Bushes, nor Obamas, history shows ...