Liberal Outrage

I'll try not to go crazy like most of the right wing blogosphere about the hypocrisy of the left with respect to the Libya war, however, it does bear pointing out, very, very few liberals seemed outraged with the Libya attack vs. their feelings regarding Iraq. It strikes me as something they need to explain. Where was the UN security council declaring war on this one? How is removing Khaddafy different from removing Saddam? The one major argument is that Libyans were rising up and actively fighting Khaddafy. Of course, this was also true of Saddam at one point, but then he used chemical weapons and put down the rebellion...not to mention the Kurds were in some respects actively opposing the Saddam regime in the north. Plus, Saddam was more of a world wide threat and in a more important country and just a tad more evil. So...what is it exactly? Two things: a dislike of Bush and bitterness over the 2000 election and because France's opposition to the war (later proved to be about money) gave "cover" to more legitimate war opponents.

Anyhow, I don't think it's quite worth rubbing in people's faces too much, I don't image they'll listen anyway.