What Ticks Me Off about Libya

On one level, I understand why the US and British governments pushed to attack Libya - war is always a great way to get the people's mind off of the economic disasters that have been created.  However, I would think that more people would have cottoned on to how this game is played.

The press and the promoters of these government policies now work hand in hand.  Where are the dissenting voices?  Where is the alternative view?

I don't really care for Ghaddafi (however you spell it).  However, that is no reason to go to war against him, which is precisely what we have done.  Look at how many extremely horrible martinets the US and British foreign policies have sustained over the years (just look at what Wiki Leaks has revealed). Yet, as long as these bloodthirsty puppets were singing our tune, and as long as they were content to let the multi-nationals strip their countries of resources while they took their cut and squirreled it away in offshore bank accounts, they were allowed to exploit, subdue and terrorize their countrymen with US and British blessing (I'm just focusing on the US and Brits here - the other large "democracies" are more or less the same).

If the world really wanted to control Libya's internal affairs (which is exactly what we are doing, but it's ok because we are doing it for democracy, right?), it would simply turn off the money.  No reason for war to do it. Turn off the money, and all of a sudden everyone gets very rational and reasonable.  But war is much more profitable for the warmongers.  Plus, the more you blow up, the more you have to rebuild, and those huge engineering firms are just waiting in the wings - you watch and see who gets the rebuild contracts. The scams that we have seen in Iraq will be repeated in Libya.

Further, the populations of the US and Britain are paying for the Libyan war.  Where did the money come from to do this?  How much does it cost a day to carry out these maneuvers?  Will anyone in the US or Britain be held accountable for these decisions, or will everyone get a free pass just like last time when the double-dealing scoundrels tricked us into the Iraq and Afghan wars?

Pursuing these illegitimate wars is costing billions a week. As of September 2010, the total reported by the Congressional Research Service (http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RL33110.pdf) is $751 billion for Iraq and $336 billion for Afghanistan - that is just for the US, and that is just what they are telling us about.  God only knows what grey or black funds there are that are funneling in money to the war through the back door.  Do you trust them to tell you the whole story?  I don't know why you should.  

So, to this on-going, never-ending debacle, we can now add Libya.  

When will we ever learn?