War With Little Libya

By Charles Tolleson
March 26, 2011

In the 225 year history of the United States, only three countries have attacked the United States. Great Britain invaded the United States in 1812. The Germans attacked U.S. merchant vessels with submarines just prior to World War Two. The Japanese attacked the U.S. fleet at Pearl Harbor hoping the U.S. would negotiate and stop the embargo of the Japanese. Neither Japan nor Germany had the ability to invade the United States. During the 225 year history of the United States, the U.S. military has been used more than 100 times against other countries. This does not count 25 times the U.S. military engaged in wars against Native Americans.

The United States has another un-declared war, again, against a smaller country, again. This time the bully, the United States, has attacked another small country, Libya, that has a population of less than 7 million people! The United States has over 300 million people and the world’s most devastating military.

Carl von Clausewitz (1780-1831) said “War is a continuation of politics.” The U.S is simply using its mighty military to force foreign people, and soon domestic people, to do as the U.S. oligarchy says. Russian Vladimir Putin said the recent U.S. action against little Libya is a Medieval Crusade. Will this U.S. Crusade last 200 years like the Medieval Crusades? People do not change. They just find different gods to worship using different technology.

Despite the overwhelming force and power of the U.S. Military over little Libya, the warriors and the priests will be bloviating in a puerile manner about how brave our military people are for risking their lives to “protect our freedoms”. What risk? It’s not much more than a combat training exercise using live ammunition. They will wear their ribbons on their out thrusting chests with pride, a deadly sin, and the indoctrinated sheep will bleep, “We’re number one” and the killing goes on, and on, and on. Then there will be another peace treaty, and another, and another. The Treaty of Versailles happened after 10 million died, over nothing. Why did they have to kill 10 million before declaring a truce? Could they not have declared a truce after killing 5 million? Or could rational non violent people declare a truce without killing anyone. Individuals can, but governments cannot.

"It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.” Voltaire

President Obama started a war with Libya WITHOUT congressional approval. Will he be compelled to give back his Nobel Peace Prize? Power corrupts. Senator Boxer and Representative Pelosi said President Obama did the “right thing” in attacking little Libya to help the rebels. Doing the right thing is just another excuse to kill another human being, something the human animal does with pleasure.

Pelosi and Boxer’s followers do not know how the followers know. Most of what the followers know comes from the mouths of politicians like Pelosi and Boxer who say words with astonishing verisimilitude. I doubt if Boxer or Pelosi know any of the rebels or their intentions if they seize power.

Boxer and Pelosi have advocated “empowering” women. How much more power do they need? Three other women; Hillary Clinton, Susan Rice and Samantha Power, all women who advocate for more power for women, talked President Obama into bombing little Libya. These women go to war for human rights; empowering women. The right wing advocates for war just for the glory of war. With a mercenary army, the humanitarians, the glory seekers, and the military industrial complex, look for wars to be the lead story for the future.

“Doing the right thing” does not make it legal by the U.S. Constitution, which says only Congress can declare war. Millions have been killed by governments who said they were doing the “right thing”.

Being President of the United States is an aphrodisiac to power that no mortal can resist. Power corrupts so it should be defused, not centralized. The President, the Supreme Court, and the Congress consist of 545 people who are supposed to divide power. They do that somewhat, but the larger the pie of power is the more there is to divide among the 545 people who rule over 300 million Americans, and much of the world.

The U.S. wars in the Middle East are not about oil. If the U.S. had all the oil reserves in the world they would find another excuse to kill and dominate others. Wars have always been about excuses, the latest is human rights, while the real reason men kill other men is because it is in their genes. Men enjoy killing.