Updated Title: World Revolution 2011

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by 12thMan

We just froze $30 Billion in Libyan assets. I think we're sending a couple of ships over there as we speak, which means we might try to impose a no fly zone.

Other than that, Gaddafi is insane and will hopefully be gone very, very soon.

Wouldn't that be considered nation building?

[saden1]

Originally Posted by firstdown

Wouldn't that be considered nation building?

No, it's called genocide prevention.

[12thMan]

Originally Posted by firstdown

Wouldn't that be considered nation building?

How is that nation building? Not even close.

What we're doing in Afghanistan is nation building.

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by 12thMan

How is that nation building? Not even close.

What we're doing in Afghanistan is nation building.

Well if we are fighting back the leaders so others who support someone else can take over I'd say thats nation building. Interfering in any way is really nation building. I did not say if it was right or wrong.

[12thMan]

Originally Posted by firstdown

Well if we are fighting back the leaders so others who support someone else can take over I'd say thats nation building. Interfering in any way is really nation building. I did not say if it was right or wrong.

Well nation buidling, to simplify it a bit, is when the U.S. commits considerable assets to rebuiling a nation's infrastructure, it's government, and there's a long-term military occupation and strategy in place.

The goal is to promote and spread democracy in said region and help it become politically and economically stable. It's what we did in Iraq and it's what we're sort of doing in Afghanistan, though the White House won't say so.

The situation in Libya is completely different on so many levels, namely we aren't at war with Libya and Libya poses no real threat to U.S. borders. This is turning into an international human rights crisis that has a significant economic impact on the price of oil. At least short term.