The New York Times
REBUILDING AFTER WAR
Europeans and Asians Ahead of Americans, an Official Says
By Scott Shane
WASHINGTON – The guns in Libya have barely quieted, and NATO’s military assistance to the rebellion that toppled Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi will not end officially until Monday. But a new invasion force is already plotting its own landing on the shores of Tripoli.[...]
What a difference an American political party makes. During the neocon era, war in Lebanon saw the use of cluster bombs dropped in residential areas. The war in Libya saw no such thing.
During the war in Lebanon, an American President said he could not tell Israel how to protect itself. That was during the dropping of cluster bombs in residential neighborhoods of Lebanon.
During the war in Libya no such thing took place.
During the war in Lebanon, organizations like NATO took a back-seat to America’s neocons and their Middle East sidekick.
During the war in Libya such organizations played a leadership role.
During the war in Lebanon, talk of the West helping rebuild Lebanon quickly “died on the vine”.
During the war in Libya, that talk is alive.
Prior to President Obama’s election as President, the neocon leadership expressed concern that a President Obama could not be the Commander-In-Chief that they were. On that account – they were correct.
America’s neocons, cognizant of how they had managed on an international scale, were concerned that a newly incoming Obama Administration would not be able to mirror their accomplishments acheivements ATTA BOY tasks in the manner in which the neocons were accustomed. And they, via both the neocon press and the non-neocon press, voiced their opinion to America’s ombudsmen(voters).
And after twenty-some-odd years of neocon indoctrination, perhaps America’s intellect was susceptible to some neocon ideology.
Reference: Scott Shane, The New York Times, Saturday Oct. 29, 2011, Front Page
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