Why are we bombing Libya?

I don't know. It's not because we're kind people who want to do good in the world, though, I know that for sure.

On this matter, I don't see any difference between Barack Obama staging a coalition to throw us into another costly war with another petty dictator, and George W. Bush staging a coalition to throw us into another costly war with a different petty dictator.

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