Rev. Jesse Jackson Warns Against Changing Military Intervention in Libya, Says UN Resolution Wasn't to Wipe Out Moammar Gadhafi

Rev. Jesse Jackson warns against changing face of military offensive in Libya, says UN mandate was about containment and cessation, not to wipe out Moammar Gadhafi.

I knew it was a matter of time before so-called "civil rights leader" Rev. Jesse Jackson gave his two cents about the military offensive in Libya. He addressed the Trinity College Historical Society in Dublin Tuesday, where he appeared to accept a gold medal for his "civil rights" service, and said he was very concerned with the United Nations mandate that seems to have been stretched beyond its original purpose of creating a no-fly zone to protect the Libyan people from the barbaric attacks by Moammar Gadhafi. Of course, true to form, Jesse had to take it a step further by warning against excessive force in Libya and other parts of the Middle East. Wow, I didn't realize we had other military offensives taking place in a fourth country. The problem is if Gadhafi survives this attempt to force his resignation, he would have thumbed his chin at the West and will become even more entrenched, in the same vein as Fidel Castro. That would be an enormous problem for President Barack Obama. Here's an excerpt from the Irish Times:

“Something had to happen to stop the genocidal march. On the other hand the UN’s resolution was about containment and cessation not about aggression. It was not a resolution to wipe out Gadafy but a humanitarian mission to save the victims of genocide,” he said.

“It seems that the definition of the mission has been stretched beyond its original intent. Therefore we are getting closer and closer, from oversight, to more action on the ground.”

It was particularly worrying that the multinational coalition had gone from imposing a UN mandated no-fly zone to attacking Col Gadafy’s compound in Tripoli. This action meant there was a real risk the situation would worsen, he said.

“To attack the compound where Gadafy essentially lives, that’s going beyond what that mandate was and that is compounding the crisis and is opening up another war front.”

If Jesse Jackson thinks Moammar Gadhafi is holed up in his compound, he's dumber than I thought. It's time to for this madman's reign to come to an end and I suspect if more people got up and said enough is enough, then things would change, as in the case of Egypt when Hosni Mubarak was forced to resign. The same thing needs to happen in Libya, but Gadhafi will do anything to stay in power. He won't listen to reason and so other avenues must be explored. In the same vein, America can't be everyone's savior. We have some serious economic issues confronting us as a nation and the last thing we need is to dole out billions of dollars fighting another war. We have an economic war going on right now that has seen thousands of Americans lose their homes and jobs, added with rising food and gas prices. We are seeing the "dumbing down" of America where schools in poor communities are being closed and some local politicians are hellbent on resegregating schools. We have some serious challenges that we must confront and hard choices must be made. America first, Libya last.