The Foreign Policy Initiative (FPI), the reincarnation of the Project for a New American Century (PNAC), is coming out strong supporting the Libya war and the ouster of Gaddafi. As with their activity prior to the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and efforts to instigate a war with Iran, they call for even more action. In an open letter to House Republicans, they urge the funding not be cut off for the war and warn:
" It would result in the perpetuation in power of a ruthless dictator who has ordered terrorist attacks on the United States in the past, has pursued nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction, and who can be expected to return to these activities should he survive. To cut off funding for current efforts would, in short, be profoundly contrary to American interests."
http://www.foreignpolicyi.org/...
WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION! There you go. I didn't see humanitarian reasons in there but you can be sure that's a concern for that also.
Of course they want more than just not cutting off the funding. The chum is in the water.
"We share the concerns of many in Congress about the way in which the Obama administration has conducted and justified this operation. The problem is not that the President has done too much, however, but that he has done too little to achieve the goal of removing Qaddafi from power. The United States should be leading in this effort, not trailing behind our allies. We should be doing more to help the Libyan opposition, which deserves our support. We should not be allowing ourselves to be held hostage to U.N. Security Council resolutions and irresolute allies."
The support for this humanitarian effort is actually quite inspiring for it's bipartisanship. Strong support on the left and with the progressives and liberals and strong support from the right as well. Strangely, it appears those in the middle represent the majority opposed. But the Obama administration and the progressive supporters have strong allies, the signers of the letter to the House Republicans supporting the war and pleading for more.
Elliott Abrams Bruce Pitcairn Jackson John Podhoretz
Gary Bauer Ash Jain Stephen G. Rademaker
Max Boot Frederick Kagan Karl Rove
Ellen Bork Robert Kagan Randy Scheunemann
Scott Carpenter Lawrence Kaplan Gary Schmitt
Liz Cheney William Kristol Dan Senor
Seth Cropsey Robert Lieber Michael Singh
Thomas Donnelly Tod Lindberg Henry D. Sokolski
Colin Dueck Michael Makovsky Marc Thiessen
Eric Edelman Ann Marlowe Kurt Volker
Jamie Fly Clifford D. May Kenneth Weinstein
Reuel Marc Gerecht Joshua Muravchik Paul Wolfowitz
John Hannah Martin Peretz R. James Woolsey
Gee, look at some of those names. Liz Cheney, Karl Rove, Paul Wolfowitz, Fred and Robert Kagan, Kaplan, Abrams. Man, it's like deja vu all over again. The country is coming together again just like after 9/11. Everyone is agreeing we need to go to war. Hey, Assad is a motherfucker, he's up next. But if you're a humanitarian, the Foreign Policy Initiative has your back.
The Neocons were in complete agreement:
"But the bottom line is, whose side are you on? Are you on Qadhafi's side or are you on the side of the aspirations of the Libyan people and the international coalition that has been created to support them? For the Obama Administration, the answer to that question is very easy."
Hillary Clinton, June 24, 2011