US Withdrawal From Libya

Is It Wise?

US had withdrawn its military forces from Libya. Some said it was a wise action and some said it was bad.

I think that was a huge decision done by the US administration and it was a remarkable job. Pulling out military forces from other country like Libya is really a creditable one. It is time now that US starts to stop intervening in other countries' internal matters. Let them settle their own problems with whatever resources that they have. Using military forces for the purpose of throwing out Gaddafi from his throne is a mistake because he has had his own supporters among the citizens of Libya. 

Those supporters will fight for him and I believe it is not going to be easy for NATO and the rebels to conquer Libya in whole. NATO must learn the history of Afghanistan and Iraq. US military had acted wisely this time. Perhaps they have enough lessons from their past bitter moments in Iraq and in Afghanistan earlier. They knew that there were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq when they captured and executed Saddam Hussein. The campaign was useless and a flaw to US administration because the rest of the world (apart from the US coalition) had condemned the attack.

I do not know what went wrong. I remember when I was a boy about 40 years ago, I used to play war games among friends. It was so hard to decide the hero and the crook. The hero must be the US Army and the crook was either the Germans or the Japanese Armies. So everybody wanted to be US Army. We have to toss a coin to decide it. Sometimes the tossing had to be repeated several times due to dissatisfaction (of not becoming US Army). Why then? It was because of USA was known to be the good army whom had saved the world from the brutality of the Germany and the Japanese in the World War II. 

We were taught by our teachers about how US Army/Marines have had sacrificed their lives in the battle against the Japanese. Many soldiers and marines died in the war which was far away from their country. We were taught to respect those soldiers and their nations. The respect to USA was so high among us at that time. Our games of fighting must be won by USA in the end. That was why everybody wanted to be on the US side.

I think the world at that time were in favor of USA. We watched tv program, a series of war drama in Europe during World War II starring by Vick Morrow. He leaded US armies to fight against the Germans. I have forgotten the title of the series but I have not missed it. The series were the hit in our tv those days and everybody wanted to see USA won the battle. I still remember how the German army called the US army when they confronted each other..."Americaaana, Americaaana", the one shouted and warned his friend normally easily get killed by the Sgt Sanders man. Sometimes we clapped for a brave action by US marine or soldiers in that series or even warned the hero of the danger approaching.

What went wrong with USA today?

I have not heard about suicide bombers or anything about terrorism at that time. The first terrorism I have heard was the one happened in Munich Olympic against athletes from Israel. The terrorists were believed to have been from Palestine. They have captured the athletes for an exchange with their friends jailed by Israel. I could not recall whether US had intervened in that incident.

But since then, USA slowly intervening other countries' internal matters. They have interfered internal matters in Iran when Shah Iran was out of his throne. They made enemies rather than friends. One by one they stepped into other countries internal matters and most of those countries were the Islamic countries. They have created enemies among the Islamic fanatics who would like to die against the arrogant US politicians (as what they have said) who had killed their families. In other words the US have had been the most hated country among the Muslims throughout the world. The nation was once being the most loved one many years ago, have been the enemy of them nowadays.

Why? I think USA must study properly about its foreign policies. Let the pull over decision in Libya as the first step towards regaining respect from Muslim throughout the world. It is not easy to convince people who had lost confidence and respect to you.  But it is not wrong to try to regain such confidence if one has proper ways and plans to do so.

Never mind, just concentrate in your internal affairs. Redevelop the economy to the same level as what they did during the cold war. Make relation with Islamic countries and withdraw all armies from their countries. Save billion of US Dollars a year for army expenses in those countries. Use it for your own country and support your soldiers and/or armies whom had sacrificed themselves for the pride of their country. Use the money spent for war to manage your country. That will make USA a good and respectable country again in future.

Disclaimer: This article is only an opinion from a lay man, and if any of its contents is found incorrect, the author will apology for such mistake and demand for immediate corrections.