Reply #146: Your arguments by slogan leave me unconvinced

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The relative cost to the US taxpayer of our involvement in Libya is a tiny fraction of that demanded by either Iraq or Afghanistan (both of which I opposed, and continue to oppose, though the latter perhaps less so).

Our troops are hardly fighting in Libya, their participation now being mainly confined to intelligence and logistical support. I for one am happy to bear it, and have never argued that our involvement somehow short-circuits a conflict closer to home. The fact that progressives fail to support a people engaged in fighting a dictator, no matter the reasoning, does make them strange bedfellows, whether they like it or not.