This should be on Commedy Central...

Joke #1: To get elected, Obama said that one of the first things he would do is end the war in Iraq.  He also promised to bring the troops home from Afghanistan and to close Quantanimo Bay. 

Punchline:  There will be 100,000 US troops in Afghanistan at end of 2010 and Iraq will be down to 50,000 troops by 31 Aug 2011, according to an article in the NY Times.  Nothing has changes at Quantanimo Bay that I have heard about.  And now we have a carrier battle group engaging targets in Libya.  I'm guessing a battle group and associated personnel may be 30,000 more or less.  More troops in harm's way as well as wasting millions of dollars in weapons, ammunition, fuel.

Joke #2: Muamar Gaddafi, Libyan dictator, had a seat on the UN Security Council.  The mission of the UN Security Council, and this is taken directly from their website, is stated as follows:

"Under the Charter, the functions and powers of the Security Council are:

•        to maintain international peace and security in accordance with the principles and purposes of the United Nations;

•        to investigate any dispute or situation which might lead to international friction;

•        to recommend methods of adjusting such disputes or the terms of settlement;

•        to formulate plans for the establishment of a system to regulate armaments;

•        to determine the existence of a threat to the peace or act of aggression and to recommend what action should be taken;

•        to call on Members to apply economic sanctions and other measures not involving the use of force to prevent or stop aggression;

•        to take military action against an aggressor;

•        to recommend the admission of new Members;

•        to exercise the trusteeship functions of the United Nations in "strategic areas";

•        to recommend to the GeneralAssembly the appointment of the Secretary-General and, together with the Assembly, to elect the Judges of the International Court of Justice. "

Punchline:  A couple of months back, I recall watching the news and seeing the terrorist convicted of the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing, return to Libya under the false pretenses that he was terminally ill.  He was greeted like a conquering hero with parades and well wishers lining the streets.

This Libyan, Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, was convicted of murder on 31 January 2001, and was sentenced to life imprisonment in Scotland for his part in the 1988 PA 103 bombing.  The bombing killed all 243 passengers and 16 crew members as well as eleven people in the village of Lockerbie, Scotland.

On 24 February 1988 resigned justice minister Mustafa Abdel-Jalil revealed that Muamar Gaddafi personally ordered the Lockerbie bombing.

Joke #3: The US Administration, Obama, Hillary, et. al. feel that we now need to help these idiots by establishing a no fly zone to protect them and by providing "Humanitarian Aid." 

Punchline: The US Administration pressed the UN Security Council to establish a "No Fly Zone" in Libya.  Of course, the Security Council agreed because they look like inept fools for allowing Gaddafi to be a member of the Security Council in the first place.

How much Humanitarian Aid did the Passengers and Crew of Pan Am 103 get?  How about the people of Lockerbie, Scotland?  How much did their families receive from Muamar?  There was rumor that he was going provide restitution.  Did he?

As far as I'm concerned... Let them kill each other.  After all, that seems to be what they want!  They don't deserve help from the USA or anyone else for that matter. 

FoR