Two wrongs do not constitute a right,a tooth for a tooth will make us toothless and an eye for an eye will make us blind. If Gaddafi was killing his own people to safeguard his dictatorial regime, does it mean there were no better mechanisms from the so called global community to come up with a solution to the problem instead of directing bombs from the Libyans skies and why was the military intervention hurriedly executed?A US-led coalition of Britain and France have attacked Libya in a purported claim to protect the civilian against their embattled leader Muammar Gaddafi.The decision was hatched through the United Nations Security council that voted to impose a no-fly zone in Libya to bar Gaddafi forces against using air strikes against his people. In as much as we abhor and condemn Gaddafi action against his people,its wrong for the coalition of these countries to attack Libya.This can be described as an act of aggression against Libya and its people.It would be very wrong if these countries learnt no lesson in their invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan.The act of these countries can only be described as mischievous, obnoxious,myopic and cheeky. Already some of the permanent members of the said UNSC have voiced their concern against these attacks.Indeed Moscow has claimed the US-led coalition was going beyond its UN mandate to protect civilians and called for an end to the indiscriminate use of force. What is even more worrying is the fact that cluster bombs and depleted uranium weapons are being used .Its not beyond anyone's ken that this is not peace but war.
Only an indolent person will fail to see that these attacks will have much more ramifications than what they claimed to stop.It's important to draw some lessons from the US led invasion to Iraq and Afghanistan.Their claim was that there were weapon of mass destruction and thus the need to attack but until today they have found non.The civilian continue to die and suffer in deplorable conditions because of these attacks.Its therefore pain my heart to see these countries attacking Libya.Please note that I do not support Gaddafi.In fact I have always said that it was time Gaddafi left the people of Libya to decide their own destiny.His use of excessive power against his people is wrong and can only be described as insane. Its common knowledge that Gaddafi is one of the worst dictators of our modern time but is he the only dictator on the on earth? Why Libya and not Zimbabwe, North Korea, Ivory Coast, Iran, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia?
There is one clear echo, in particular, in the British government's approach to Gaddafi, 20 years ago. At the end of military action in the 1991 Gulf war, President George Bush encouraged the Shias of southern Iraq to rise up. Many did so and were crushed for their pains by Saddam's forces. David Cameron encouraged the rebels in Libya to continue their fight but without giving them any real means to help them on the ground. There is one way Britain and the US could be helping: intelligence officers and special forces could assist not only in identifying targets for bombers but in organizing sabotage operations. It will soon become impossible to continue the campaign from the air or from submarine-launched missiles, however "smart" or accurate the bombs are.At this time the US-led forces will have to craft another strategy and this where all hell will break lose.We will have another Iraq/Afghanistan scenario in Africa.2007/2008 saw Kenya go through the worst crisis after bungled elections which was a tragedy of gigantic proportion to democracy and justice but the international community did not come up with military intervention under the aegis of propagating international democracy.
The stench of hypocrisy around this war is unbelievable,Indeed its now being argued that this attacks is all about oil, control and a message to the rest of the world and the region is that we can do it if we want to. My hunch is that soon there will be a ground war, the partition of Libya and the theft of that country's oil and resources.If anyone thought that Gaddafi forces killed many civilian then be assured that this air stakes will kill many more by far. This is utterly reprehensible,the air strikes will cost the Libyans hundreds of thousands of lives and even more livelihoods.
This bombing will not succeed. This will be a long war, casualties will occur far from the scenes of battle and the radicalization of Arab and Islamic world will take advantage and entrench themselves. This is not peacekeeping. This is imperialist war-making. German has already warned people not to be "taken in" by claims that the goal of the air strikes is to "help the poor people of Libya". The people of Libya will not be helped but will be harmed by this intervention, just as the people of Afghanistan and Iraq have been. The only people who can change the situation in Libya are the people of Libya. People may be supporting the war because they think it's wrong to do nothing, then they're not asking the right question. On the surface, it seems hard to argue against that question. But that's always how it is with war: people feel we have to do something. The real question is about the motives of those who are taking action.In this case, the motives of those who are going into Libya with all their guns blazing, are clearly duplicitous. They're not really going to protect the poor people in Benghazi, they're going in to re-establish their power, position and strength in a strategically important place.
Only time will tell what these attacks will bring to the people of Libya.Most of us agree that what Gaddafi is doing to his people is wrong.But pertinent question arise:How do you negotiate with a person holding a gun (the rebels),and will the US-led attacks solve the problem in Libya or it will just be the same case like Iraq and Afghanistan? Its also curious to note the interest and the enthusiasm the USA,France and Britain have in these attacks.Initially USA was reluctant to such an action but now they seem to have taken the lead,Its also apparent that Libya financed Sikorsky presidential campaigns and nobody care about that now.We are also rife to the fact that Libya has massive oil wells and it would be beneficial if USA and their miscreant gang of countries had control over them.Was this the only way to handle the one month old problem?Could we have given dialogue and compromise a chance?Its also peculiar that the revolt in Libya is more unique than all the others in Arab world. Welcome to the new world!
There is one clear echo, in particular, in the British government's approach to Gaddafi, 20 years ago. At the end of military action in the 1991 Gulf war, President George Bush encouraged the Shias of southern Iraq to rise up. Many did so and were crushed for their pains by Saddam's forces. David Cameron encouraged the rebels in Libya to continue their fight but without giving them any real means to help them on the ground. There is one way Britain and the US could be helping: intelligence officers and special forces could assist not only in identifying targets for bombers but in organizing sabotage operations. It will soon become impossible to continue the campaign from the air or from submarine-launched missiles, however "smart" or accurate the bombs are.At this time the US-led forces will have to craft another strategy and this where all hell will break lose.We will have another Iraq/Afghanistan scenario in Africa.2007/2008 saw Kenya go through the worst crisis after bungled elections which was a tragedy of gigantic proportion to democracy and justice but the international community did not come up with military intervention under the aegis of propagating international democracy.
The stench of hypocrisy around this war is unbelievable,Indeed its now being argued that this attacks is all about oil, control and a message to the rest of the world and the region is that we can do it if we want to. My hunch is that soon there will be a ground war, the partition of Libya and the theft of that country's oil and resources.If anyone thought that Gaddafi forces killed many civilian then be assured that this air stakes will kill many more by far. This is utterly reprehensible,the air strikes will cost the Libyans hundreds of thousands of lives and even more livelihoods.
This bombing will not succeed. This will be a long war, casualties will occur far from the scenes of battle and the radicalization of Arab and Islamic world will take advantage and entrench themselves. This is not peacekeeping. This is imperialist war-making. German has already warned people not to be "taken in" by claims that the goal of the air strikes is to "help the poor people of Libya". The people of Libya will not be helped but will be harmed by this intervention, just as the people of Afghanistan and Iraq have been. The only people who can change the situation in Libya are the people of Libya. People may be supporting the war because they think it's wrong to do nothing, then they're not asking the right question. On the surface, it seems hard to argue against that question. But that's always how it is with war: people feel we have to do something. The real question is about the motives of those who are taking action.In this case, the motives of those who are going into Libya with all their guns blazing, are clearly duplicitous. They're not really going to protect the poor people in Benghazi, they're going in to re-establish their power, position and strength in a strategically important place.
Only time will tell what these attacks will bring to the people of Libya.Most of us agree that what Gaddafi is doing to his people is wrong.But pertinent question arise:How do you negotiate with a person holding a gun (the rebels),and will the US-led attacks solve the problem in Libya or it will just be the same case like Iraq and Afghanistan? Its also curious to note the interest and the enthusiasm the USA,France and Britain have in these attacks.Initially USA was reluctant to such an action but now they seem to have taken the lead,Its also apparent that Libya financed Sikorsky presidential campaigns and nobody care about that now.We are also rife to the fact that Libya has massive oil wells and it would be beneficial if USA and their miscreant gang of countries had control over them.Was this the only way to handle the one month old problem?Could we have given dialogue and compromise a chance?Its also peculiar that the revolt in Libya is more unique than all the others in Arab world. Welcome to the new world!
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