newfarer wrote:Simon , what do you do with someone has decided to kill his own people.Wait for genocide ? Obama took the right decision.Gaddafi and his sons are sick people.
His end is nigh.The self proclaimed king of kings of Africa also interpreted as the Dictator of Dictators of Africa.I have no pity for him.I just pity the innocent women and children of Libya as the two bulls fight.But it's the price to pay for a better free Libya.
I think now we need to be told the truth about the Grand regency hotel saga.
Hey!!!!
This is exactly the intended purpose of the Western war machine - propaganda. millions have swallowed this hook, line and sinker! My take on this is:
1. The Libyan rebels could not gather enough mass to force Gadaffi out of power. Could not hold out longer like the Egyptians and Tunisians and resorted to armed struggle.
2. Faced with an armed insurrection Gadaffi is justified to use "legitimate" means to subdue the revolt.
3. The hand of the West in this Libyan uprising will emerge just later. This is because unlike Egypt and Tunisia, the populace did not have any economic demands to make on Gadaffi like jobs, better living conditions, bread etc. Thus the uprising could not muster the critical numbers to force Gadaffi out. Remember Libya has one of the highest per capita incomes in the world.
4. Having managed to crush the insurgency Gadaffi needed only to recapture Benghazi the rebel strong hold. Where in the world has the UNSC recommended involvement against a government by fighting alongside rebels??
5. The AU is coming out loud against the bombings. Late as this maybe I believe we are witnessing another Iraq in the making, all the hullabaloo, excuses, sob-re rattling et al.