The Crisis in Libya: My Thoughts

Maybe it's just me, but this whole debacle that's going on in Libya should be none of our (the United States') business.

It's kind of a shame that this whole idea of "trying to help" has become a typically American idea. Did you ever stop to think that maybe Americans wouldn't be so reviled if we weren't all such opinionated gossip queens?

The moment something seems out of hand somewhere, all of a sudden American forces are there to help. Wouldn't it be easier (and billions of dollars cheaper) to just sit on the sidelines and watch? We're a country that has a debt about as big as the cosmos, and we're throwing wads of money at a situation that doesn't even impact us as a whole.

Sure, there's oil in Libya. Sure we need to prove that we're at the forefront of the world when it comes to "keeping the peace." But in truth, we just come away with more egg on our face because in turn, everyone looks at us as the hall monitor of the globe

And really, how popular was that guy?

It just seems like we're doing more harm than good at this point.

Domestically, we wonder why we're wasting money on a situation that will likely never work itself out. Even if the rebels in Libya do manage to completely overthrow Muammar Gadddafi and his troops, then what?

We'll have another country that's in utter disarray, that we'll probably end up supporting with billions of dollars that we don't have in the first place. Things are real bad with Gaddafi, but will they really be better with a rebel leader at the helm of the government?

That person inherits a country in hysteria and an impending retaliatory strike from Gaddafi and his supporters. And that's just scratching the surface of what's to come.

I know it's easy to sit here and try to solve these problems from a computer. And I'm aware that my thoughts are not indicative of many people out there. But there are a lot of people that probably agree with me, at least on some level.

I'm not trying to fix the problems, or even inspire change. I'm simply trying to say that this country is bleeding credibility and jumping into yet another mess is exactly what we do not need at this point.