It would do injustice to my own blog post if I do not at least, try to attempt to cover whats going on in Libya. On the 17th of this month, I had blogged that the world is still talking about Libya....just talking. We were still coming to terms with the damage and the potential nuclear damage that the Japanese tsunami would bring, when I had said that the world seemed to have moved on from Libya. The world, or rather, France, UK and the US proved me wrong on that very day. The United Nations passed its resolution declaring Libya a no-fly zone, meaning no Libyan Air Force planes, under Gaddafi, could fly in their airspace, and American, French and British forces were in the region to enforce that ban. Ah, I see the Canadians have joined in the fun.
Many commentaries and opinions will be put forward about why the western nations, those brave protectors of freedom worldwide, took so long to take direct action and let Col. Gaddafi continue to raid rebel strongholds and actually present a possibility of successfully crushing whatever uprising there was.
Call me a heartless animal, but I suppose a military action works out both ways. The world wants to see, or at least an opinion has been formed in the global media that the world wants to see Gaddafi go, and as for the western armed forces, they get to exercise their military might, you know, shake off the dust and give those men and machines a good exercise. Of course, like said, many opinions and judgements will be put forward concerning the military action against Gaddafi. According to an opinion piece in the Hindustan Times, Europeans have, apart from the stated reason of protecting Libyan civilians, other reasons as well. Italy is actually Libya's very big trade partner, so it will look to deflect criticism. Similarly, Sarkozy was one of the first western leaders in the past few years to welcome Gaddafi on a state visit, and I am sure he would like to see that that episode is not relived in anybody's mind. Oh, and how can I forget concern numero Uno - Oil!
With military action against Libya being led under the aegis of the United Nations, western media, diplomats and politicians will be quick to dismiss this as another Iraq, but there is no doubt that Gaddafi will have to go, there is absolutely no way he can stand up against the military might of the west. Interesting times in West Asia ahead.
Many commentaries and opinions will be put forward about why the western nations, those brave protectors of freedom worldwide, took so long to take direct action and let Col. Gaddafi continue to raid rebel strongholds and actually present a possibility of successfully crushing whatever uprising there was.
Call me a heartless animal, but I suppose a military action works out both ways. The world wants to see, or at least an opinion has been formed in the global media that the world wants to see Gaddafi go, and as for the western armed forces, they get to exercise their military might, you know, shake off the dust and give those men and machines a good exercise. Of course, like said, many opinions and judgements will be put forward concerning the military action against Gaddafi. According to an opinion piece in the Hindustan Times, Europeans have, apart from the stated reason of protecting Libyan civilians, other reasons as well. Italy is actually Libya's very big trade partner, so it will look to deflect criticism. Similarly, Sarkozy was one of the first western leaders in the past few years to welcome Gaddafi on a state visit, and I am sure he would like to see that that episode is not relived in anybody's mind. Oh, and how can I forget concern numero Uno - Oil!
With military action against Libya being led under the aegis of the United Nations, western media, diplomats and politicians will be quick to dismiss this as another Iraq, but there is no doubt that Gaddafi will have to go, there is absolutely no way he can stand up against the military might of the west. Interesting times in West Asia ahead.
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