What kind of America do we want to be?

How often have you asked a friend to help you with a major problem and welcomed them standing by your side through major issues that you faced?  I would say that the number of times is more than anyone may be able to count.  What do you do then when that friend asks you for your help in a situation that they are facing?  Do you say no and ignore their plea for help even after you are reminded of how they stood with you.  If you say that you would step in to help them then you have your answer on what kind of America you want to be.

Ben Feller White House Correspondent for the Associated Press wrote an article titled Obama strongly defends US military action in Libya in which only one quote is necessary.  That quote is ‘"To brush aside America's responsibility as a leader and — more profoundly — our responsibilities to our fellow human beings under such circumstances would have been a betrayal of who we are," Obama said. "Some nations may be able to turn a blind eye to atrocities in other countries. The United States of America is different.”  We asked these same countries who we stand with in Libya to stand with us in Afghanistan.  They have been there for over 10 years now so when they asked us to help in Libya we accepted but had conditions.  As reported these conditions were agreed to and now we slowly pull back providing the room for other nations to step up.  We will not ignore our friends when they ask for help as long as the help we give them is conditioned on what we need to succeed.

Still commentators and talking heads can not quite apprehend this.  Andrea Mitchell said that this president must explain what was meant by limited involvement.  When asked about NATO taking over as promised, she said that even if NATO takes over we are still NATO and that means we will still be involved.  Dennis Kucinich says that we have never intervened in a civil war and was not questioned about the other combat actions that he has approved in the past not being a civil war.  The only war that we have involved ourselves in recently that has not begun as civil war has been Afghanistan.  Correct me if I’m wrong.

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