And it’s name is “Stability”. From France 24:
Muammar Gaddafi’s forces pushed towards the Libyan rebel stronghold of Benghazi on Wednesday and his government predicted victory within days while world powers debated imposing a no-fly zone to help stop him.
Foreign powers condemn the crackdown but show little appetite for action to support an uprising that was inspired by pro-democracy rebellions that toppled the Egyptian and Tunisian presidents. A Gaddafi victory and a crackdown on protests in Bahrain could turn the tide in the region against pro-democracy movements…
…German Ambassador Peter Wittig told reporters after the meeting his country still had queries.
“We raised questions we felt are still not fully answered, as to the Arab participation in such a measure, as to whether the implementation of such a zone would run counter to the intention of the Arab League itself, the Arab League having pointed out that there should be no foreign intervention,” Wittig said…
My view: the leaders of the world, especially of the West, have decided that some thousands of murdered Libyans are worth it if we can get calm in the oil producing States. Its a cold calculation – if revolution spreads oil prices will skyrocket pushing the West in to recession…and that risks the careers of politicians. For the German ruling party it is a matter of State elections through the rest of the year with the ruling party skidding in the polls. For the Brits its Cameron’s minority government which can be forced to call a new election just about any time. For the United States, our President has to face the electoral music in 2012 and can’t afford another dive in the US economy.
All this talk of consulting and trying to figure out is just so much talking the matter to death until the Libyan rebels are crushed and then killed or exiled. It is very reminiscent of the stance the Western powers took during the Spanish Civil War of the 1930’s…just leave it alone, don’t intervene and hope one side loses swiftly before it becomes troublesome. This just rankles with me – people are dying, a tyrant is triumphant and all the power and wealth of the United States and the Western world is sitting idle, doing nothing.
For goodness sake, do they have any sense of honor, at all?
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