I'm not sure how you think you can have developed a clear picture of the situation Woah ! Who said anything about anybody having a ' clear picture'? The details are sketchy. Like you said, this blew up out of nowhere only recently. but what we do have is a dictator in power for over 40 yrs suddenly taking someone into custody and that sparked a riot that turned into a civil war, by all accounts. When his own military are ordered to fire on demonstrators, a couple of jet pilots disobey orders and take their planes to Malta and claim political asylum.
His assetts have been frozen by Western Governments and other leaders are saying openly that gaddaffi ought to step down. I mean , the situation is volatile, but I think I see a popular uprising here, and I think we should be supporting them rather than helping Gaddaffi. Sitting on our hands and letting them die *is* helping Gaddaffi.
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Date: 21/3/11 07:57 (UTC)Woah ! Who said anything about anybody having a ' clear picture'?
The details are sketchy. Like you said, this blew up out of nowhere only recently. but what we do have is a dictator in power for over 40 yrs suddenly taking someone into custody and that sparked a riot that turned into a civil war, by all accounts. When his own military are ordered to fire on demonstrators, a couple of jet pilots disobey orders and take their planes to Malta and claim political asylum.
His assetts have been frozen by Western Governments and other leaders are saying openly that gaddaffi ought to step down. I mean , the situation is volatile, but I think I see a popular uprising here, and I think we should be supporting them rather than helping Gaddaffi. Sitting on our hands and letting them die *is* helping Gaddaffi.