COMMENTS :LIBYA/ AMERICAN CONFLICT

Margaret James-Cooper
MARGARET JAMES - C COMMENTED ON :

SHOULD PRESIDENT OBAMA PUNISH THE TYRANT IN TRIPOLITO SPARE THE LIVES OF PEOPLEWHO WANT DEMOCRACY ?

With extreme views like that expressed by Ranjith Ravindiran he should be joining forces with war - mongers like Sarah Palin , Senators John McCain and Joe Liebermann .
Rolling on & on about mad dog Ghaddafi and democracy when the Arab world , and indeed the world is littered with worst despotic ` forever ` rulers , like the West`s darlings : King Fahd of Saudi Arabia who in the midst of America and its usual culprit allies ( baying obscenely for Ghaddafi`s blood ) have by proxy invaded Bahrain by un-democratically sending troops to quell a ` democratic ` uprising . The Arab world -Yemen , Bahrain , Syria , Gaza , Ahmadenejad`s Iran are all burning , and the jaw - jawing is all about dubious Benghazi renegades and it`s civilians - as if the only civilians in Libya are only in oil rich Benghazi .

The truth is , America / allies will always take on the weakest link in a chain of despots that does not have the weapons of `armageddon ` to fight back or oil to fight for . Witness Kim Jung Il`s North Korea : America , South Korea and Japan`s recent miltary manouevres to intimidate North Korea , but dared not attack .Then there is the perpetual fruitless war rhethorics on Ahmadenejad and Iran . African Ivory Coast is burning as we speak . Where were the frenzies for no - fly zones during the Rwanda massacre of the Tutsis and the Hutus . Remember hyperactive Georgian President ,Sakkasvilli who invaded South Osetia ? Why did America & NATO not go in after Russia` drastic reaction of destruction and mayhem to retake South Osetia and declaring it independent of Gerorgia !

Democracy ? Whose democracy ? The West`s notion of Democracy - these days applicable to only where their interests lies or , Cultural , tribal ` democratic ` ruling systems of other nations --Arabs , Africans etc which does not conform to the west`s idea of ` democracy ` ? Again to America / Allies , democracy has for a very very long time now been to judge similar problems by different double - faced hypocritical standards - depending on whose side they are on . America & Co will always turn a blind eye to atrocities perpetuated by their ` friends ` of whom Ghaddafi and his sons as recently as a couple of months were !

Disappointing that Democracy to Ranjith Ravindiran is `` if I was Obama I would enforce a strict no-fly zone over Libya effectively immediately `` . Typical , all guns blazing without any rationalizing the situation or its future ramifications . Another George Bush gun slinging premature mission accomplished IRAQ - as is happening now in Libya. Shame Obama was rail - roaded into the no-fly zone frenzy ochestrated by Britain , France et al , who it would seem were pursuing `vendattas of perceived Gaddafi`s sins of terrorist Paymaster General of yester years . A chance to give Ghaddafi a bloody nose & grab that `liquid gold ` .

Obama`s initial hesitance would have stemmed from a looming re-election in 2012 and not to forget his branding of Bush and McCain as war -mongers during his election campaigns . I suspect his `origins conscience ` played a part hence the insistence of the consent of that `gutless Arab League ` to give legitimacy to UN no-fly zone mandate

The paraphernelia of war was already assembled on Libyan shores before the mandate approval ; a done deal ! With an Arab League members worst than Ghadaffi , a toothless African Union , cowardly veto vote abstaining Russia and Human Right Tianemmen Square violating China -, and a ` yes man ` Banky Moon ,he needed not to have worried .

Be it Partitioning Libya in the guise of protecting civilians ; as if civilians are only to be found in oil rich Benghazi or any different from civilians in other parts of Libya, let Libya solve it`s own problems . America and NATO have since gone beyond UN mandate and the world turns a blind eye . 112 cruise missiles on the very first day ! . All is bound to end in TEARS - judging by American Miltary Escapades before now