Last Call

And so, exactly eight years after the assault on Iraq began, the US has begun its...you know I'm not exactly sure how many wars we're up to now, anyway. 

Explosions and anti-aircraft fire thundered in the skies above Tripoli early Sunday, but it was not clear whether they resulted from another round of cruise missile attacks by allies determined to stop Moammar Gadhafi's offensive against Libyan opposition forces.


CNN's Nic Robertson witnessed the development a few hours after nearly 1,000 people gathered at Gadhafi's palace in the capital. The crowd chanted, waved flags and shot off fireworks in support of the government.

A defiant Gadhafi said Libya will fight back against undeserved "naked aggression." His military claimed nearly 50 women, children and clerics were killed in Saturday evening's attacks.

American, French and British military forces, convinced that Gadhafi was not adhering to a United Nations-mandated cease-fire, hammered Libyan military positions with missiles and fighter jets in the first phase of an operation that will include enforcement of a no-fly zone.

God, it's exactly the same stuff as eight years ago, almost word for word.   Saddam Qaddafi is using human shields, Saddam Qaddafi is going to unleash terrorist attacks on us with mustard gas, Saddam Qaddafi claims coalition airstrikes killed dozens...

So eight years from now, when we still have peacekeeping troops in Libya, and STILL have troops in Iraq, who will we be hitting with cruise missiles on March 19, 2019?

Yeesh.