In this op-ed, the author argues against any US involvement in Libya claiming that "it's not our fight." Personally, I disagree with most of the arguments he uses. His first argument is we shouldn't intervene because the country has oil and other countries will claim we are there for oil. I disagree with this argument because (hopefully) oil has nothing to do with our involvement besides inspiring Gaddafi's stranglehold on the country. No matter what the reason for our involvement, countries such as Russia will find a way to spin the situation against the US.
The most interesting part of the article came at the end. The author says that in Kosovo, the government enacted a headscarf ban in schools, and "Although local Muslim leaders imposed the ban, with no U.S. involvement, the imams say otherwise, while also condemning U.S.-led invasions of Muslim lands." It is crazy to me that the government would ban a part of their religion that they so stringently follow and support just to turn the population of its country against Americans.
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