Whiners at War

[Geee]

American Spectator:

The Europeans' military campaign has stalemated. The enemy threatens to triumph. American assistance is desperately needed.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister David Cameron probably imagine that they are reliving the bleakest days of World War I or World War II. Can today's Napoleon and Churchill battle back to victory?

Actually, the spectacle of Sarkozy and Cameron at war should be a show on Comedy Central.

The two leaders decided to atone for their nations' past support for authoritarian governments by attacking Libya's Moammar Gaddafi. They rallied U.S., European, and Arab support by draping their plan for regime change with a humanitarian mantle.

Then everything fell apart. Gaddafi, the toast of European leaders only a few months before, didn't "just leave," in President Barack Obama's inimitable phrase. The rebels turned out to be more mob than army; allied air support prevented their defeat but could not give them victory.

Worse, France and Britain didn't have enough aircraft to maintain bombing operations. The two countries now are begging their allies, including the U.S., for more support. Western policy can best be characterized as a disaster.

[Valin]

American Spectator:

 

The Europeans' military campaign has stalemated. The enemy threatens to triumph. American assistance is desperately needed.

 

So in other words....S.S.D.D...Same Stuff Different Day