Should the US be Involved in Libya?

      On Monday President Obama gave a speech concerning operation in Libya and American involvement. I personally think that he is walking a tight rope of too much presence there. However as of right now I think he is on the right path. I agree with him that our military forces along with other countries are need to enforce a UN sanctioned no fly zone to help prevent civilian casualties. Muammar Gaddafi has shown presently and past he will stop at nothing to maintain power. He has a long history of human rights violations and being extremely restrictive of personal freedoms in Libya. I think he has proven himself in the past to be a little on the crazy side by decreeing all his body guards be female virgins(http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1192494/More-make-hair-dye-40-virgin-bodyguards-Gaddafi-murderous-menace.html) giving a lecture about how Europe should convert to Islam to 500 women he paid (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/europe/Europe-should-convert-to-Islam-Gaddafi/articleshow/6464781.cms), claiming Israel was responsible for JFK's assassination, and many other bits of craziness. I can't blame the rebels for wanting him out. It seems like he has always just kind of wanted to pick fights with foreign countries at the expense of his own people. For instance he supported Mengistu Haile Mariam,who was later convicted of genocide, at the cost of losing 600 of his own troops. I don't think we need ground presence there but along with other countries we can't just stand by and watch him massacre innocent civilians. Besides that just today NATO took over air operations and our CIA operatives are working with them ,and apparently have had a presence in Libya for some time. Obama seems to be following the U.N. Security Council Resolution of 1973 which allows the member states to take all necessary measures, excluding a foreign occupation, to protect civilians under the threat of attack from Libya. I think in the near future Gaddafi will be forced in to exile but it won't come easy or without support of other nations.

O Henry!

     Henry Rollins is best known for being the front man for the influential punk band Black Flag. He is also an activist,actor,spoken word artist, and now blogger, among other things. He has traveled the world over and seen things other people can only dream of or have nightmares of. His opinions are not sugar coated and I personally LOVE that. In his blog from Vanity Fair, named Straight Talk Espresso he gives his opinions with no remorse and they thankfully let him.

      In the blog from him entitled The Defense of Marriage Act blues he argues for equal rights for homosexuals and to deal with more important issue's at hand such as the high unemployment rate. He has always been very vocal about his views regarding homosexuality, which has lead to some speculation and an awesome comic involving him and fellow musician Glenn Danzig called Glenn and Henry Forever. I have to whole heartedly agree with him on this one. I have many homosexual friends and if something happened to them I know their parents would not honor their wishes but their partner would. I concur with him that there are also many other things that need to have the effort put into them that matter much more than some out dated rule. I know his audience is people who are already into him and probably pretty liberal but I love how he doesn't mince words. Sometimes things need to be said in a blunt non-sugar coated way and he is just the person to do that. He probably won't convince anyone to see his way that doesn't already but then again those people,most likely, aren't going to be reading his blog.