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From POTUS's letter to Congress, explaining his rationale for the Libya attacks:

Left unaddressed, the growing instability in Libya could ignite wider instability in the Middle East, with dangerous consequences to the national security interests of the United States.

In other words, BO has rationalized the Libya attacks with the domino effect.

I'm so glad that this is happening: It allows the younger readers of this blog to experience the ridiculous arguments that were articulated during the Vietnam era. Then, it was something like if the Commies take Vietnam, then they'll take Laos, then Burma, and soon they'll be marching right down Main Street USA.

In this case, it's a little different, because the rationale has everything to do with oil. Nevertheless, the thinking goes that if Libya falls, then Syria might, then Yemen, then Saudi Arabia, and then where would the US get its oil?

It's the inanity of 1968 all over again.