The war in Libya is slowly but surely becoming what it was intended to be from the beginning. What has happened within a week is an eye opener to those who may have doubted the motive behind the invasion of Libya.
The so called allies justified the quick invasion of Libya on the grounds that they were going to protect civilians. There were so many things that did not add up considering that similar uprisings were happening else where in the Middle east and North Africa but with different responses.
In fact in Libya the uprising was led by armed militias, unlike in other areas which were by unarmed civilians. Immediately before the allies attack on Libya, Gaddafi called for a cease fire and asked for mediation. The allies who were on their imperialistic mission and seeing an opportunity not to be missed, totally ignored Gaddafi and continued with their mission.
In fact in Libya the uprising was led by armed militias, unlike in other areas which were by unarmed civilians. Immediately before the allies attack on Libya, Gaddafi called for a cease fire and asked for mediation. The allies who were on their imperialistic mission and seeing an opportunity not to be missed, totally ignored Gaddafi and continued with their mission.
There are many people who supported the invasion of Libya because a reason that they could identify with was given to them. Their emotions were invoked by the media campaign to portray Gaddafi as a monster out destroy his people. In the same way, many Americans supported the Iraq war on the grounds that it was a war against terror with Iraq being portrayed as an enemy.
Yet people forgot that Bush had insisted that there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and when that was proved a lie, he still proceeded with the war. Like in Libya, the war had been planned in advance and all Bush needed was a justification to sell the war.
The no fly zone passed by the United Nations security council was rushed and became a license to invade Libya with the USA starting the bombing campaign. On the 4th of April the USA purportedly handed over the operation control to NATO. We are still in April and yet Obama has approved the use of armed drones in Libya, thereby authorizing U.S. air strikes on ground forces for the first time.
This is interesting considering that the USA was only interested in protecting civilians in Libya. The other day Obama’s administration approved the provision of $25 million in nonlethal military assistance to the rebels in Libya. But what does “non lethal military assistance” mean? How is it that the USA government is siding with one part of an internal insurgence?
Read more: http://newsflavor.com/world/middle-east/now-obama-has-ordered-the-use-of-armed-drones-in-libya/#ixzz1KeBwC0bH
The no fly zone passed by the United Nations security council was rushed and became a license to invade Libya with the USA starting the bombing campaign. On the 4th of April the USA purportedly handed over the operation control to NATO. We are still in April and yet Obama has approved the use of armed drones in Libya, thereby authorizing U.S. air strikes on ground forces for the first time.
This is interesting considering that the USA was only interested in protecting civilians in Libya. The other day Obama’s administration approved the provision of $25 million in nonlethal military assistance to the rebels in Libya. But what does “non lethal military assistance” mean? How is it that the USA government is siding with one part of an internal insurgence?
Read more: http://newsflavor.com/world/middle-east/now-obama-has-ordered-the-use-of-armed-drones-in-libya/#ixzz1KeBwC0bH
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