I mean, who else could present the reality of Nicolas Sarkozy in the film version of the Libyan adventure.

I’m telling you that Sarkozy has already had the second fitting for the flight suit he’s going to wear when he lands on the deck of the Charles de Gaulle. He has probably had a “Mission Accomplie!” banner in his closet since the second day of air strikes.

Here’s the bovine excrement that is being proposed to make arming the Libyan rebels “legal”:

The arms embargo was established by UN Security Council Resolution 1970 in February, but the no-fly zone was established by UNSCR 1973 in March. Since UNSCR 1973 gives those enforcing the no-fly zone wide latitude to “protect the civilian population”, it overrides the limitations imposed by UNSCR 1970.

The NATO Secretary General has diplomatically said “Horse pucky”. The NATO council doesn’t really want to even discuss it. Not one of the defense chiefs of any of the NATO members supports this view.

Sarkozy is the cheerleader for this concept, and you have the US Secretary of State, and UK Foreign Secretary talking like this isn’t the stupidest idea to come down the pike since Dubya was in the White House. You do not protect the “civilian population” by handing out a lot of stuff that explodes and kills people to a bunch of amateurs who know next to nothing about weapons.

It is bad enough when people are intentionally killed in wars, but handing ordnance to the untrained Libyan rebels will result in people dying by accident.

The goal of this operation is “protecting civilians”. Arming the rebels doesn’t require a legal defense, it requires a real moral justification.

Oh, this thing is now officially know as: Unified Protector. [NATO really needs some marketing people. Maybe they could hire the guys who do the GEICO ads.]

A ‘Brave’ Front

No sense of humor.

[Editor: Brave is taking a break from annoying other cats, after nearly getting gutted attempting to engage Molly and Ringo in a little “rough and tumble”. Neither was amused. Extra points for athleticism in aborting attacks at the last second.]

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