Storage

How is it we have 112 cruise missles at the ready? And Arab nations don't?

Stored energy.
Like all those barbells and weights at the gym. Like endless rows of storage facilities for rent. Like stored carbon in the old trees at the end of the road. Next to a wetland so not going to be developed.

If it helps us take out someone like Qaddafi who lies to hold onto power, and murders his own country's citizens, can we honestly say 35% of the federal budget is too much for the military?

Certainly every penny should be accounted for. That's why the U.S. military needs the world's best accountants!

And yet, this is "phase 1". Well - how many phases are there going to be?! Libya has nothing when it comes to participating in the world economy. Oh, they have oil! If Qaddafi doesn't torch the oil wells on his way down..

While it needs to happen, we need to take action, a part of me wonders where it will end.

Cruise missles are only the beginning.

"The war machine springs to life" -- Nena, '99 Red Balloons'