As in all such mind-bending crises, it is best that the UN Security Council validates whatever course is pursued by the world’s beefiest governments, still inevitably led by the West, which, in turn means the United States, backed by Britain and France, its hardiest allies with a modicum of military muscle. The Americans are fearful of becoming embroiled in yet another distant venture. Among the Europeans, only Britain and Italy seem readier for a more robust involvement…. China and Russia, though they voted for UN sanctions on Colonel Qaddafi in the Security Council, presently balk at a no-fly zone, let alone armed intervention by troops. Turkey, a key member of NATO in Mediterranean or Middle Eastern affairs, is so far dead against, too. So, for the time being, it seems, are the majority of Arab governments.
But if the Libyan regime starts killing people in their thousands””and especially if it uses helicopter gunships or aircraft””diplomatic reluctance should melt away. Too often the world has dithered open-mouthed as evil men have slaughtered Darfuris or Rwandans with impunity. Outsiders, led by the UN, must help Libya’s emerging transitional councils with humanitarian aid. The UN Security Council may yet have to be persuaded to restore peace by invoking the ample power of Chapter VII. And if that proves unattainable, the widest possible coalition of the willing, ideally including Libya’s Arab neighbours, must protect Libyan civilians by arming the opposition and defending them from aerial attack.
[blockquote] Don’t let Qaddafi linger [/blockquote]
Ah, I’m pretty sure he has been in “office” since 1979. And NOW we suddenly need to end his lingering. The American people need to stop being media fed reactionaries, and start holding their leaders accountable. I mean, this guy has been an “evildoer” for a long time, and a verifiable terrorist long before the so-called terror war, and now suddenly we feel the need to protect the Libyan citizens and the world from him by mobilizing our war machine with another of “the widest possible coalition[s] of the willing”. I think some critical thinking is in order about what is happening in the world right now, with some historical context brought to bear.
The rebels in Libya are not aiming for ‘democracy’ at all; they are planning to set up an Islamic Sharia government under the thumbs/fists of rabid, radical Imams just like Iran’s.
[url=http://transfigurations.blogspot.com/2011/03/muslim-mob-attacks-coptic-village.html]The followers of Mohammed’s religion are busy torching Coptic churches in Egypt and they are continuing to terrorize and abuse Christians [/url] (as well as their own women and children) in every country they have managed to conquer and dominate.
As the Church goes, so goes the world. The Western church has given place to evil and this has allowed the fall of Western nations.
Judgment begins in the household of faith. Whenever God’s people embrace false worship, idolatry, immorality, abortion, greed, selfishness and dishonesty (the demonic spirits of Baal, Molech, gods of Caananites, Moabites, Egyptians, etc.), God permits the Philistines, Assyria, Babylon (ie, Islam) always rise up to punish His people and take them captive.
Only the Word and power of God can overcome such evil.
II Chronicles 7:14, Isaiah 30:15, Isaiah 31:8-9
2. This has been the history of Mohammedanism (Islam) since its very beginning. It’s true purpose is clearly shown by its own symbology: the sword and the crescent…….the scimitar of Mohammed the conquering Arab general and the crescent moon of the Arab Moon God.
One of whose names is……surprise!……[b]Allah.[/b]