We shouldn't be the only ones doing the heavy lifting...
Full post at: leondsouza.blogspot.com
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"The 22-member regional organization of Arab states last week called on the UN Security Council to immediately impose a no-fly zone over Libya. The League also took up the matter of recognizing the opposition Libyan National Council as the country's only legitimate government. "The main priority right now is to stop the deadly situation," Secretary General Amr Moussa said gravely while announcing the organization's decision in Cairo.
"Good, yes but then there was this: A second resolution opposing any direct foreign military intervention. Shooting dictator Muammar Gaddafi's rogue airplanes out of the sky? OK. Crippling the air defenses that protect those airplanes (while simultaneously threatening the lives of NATO pilots): Not OK.
"So let's get this straight: We're supposed to send our pilots into harm's way without creating the conditions to ensure their success? And the Arab League's contribution in all of this is... what again? Oh right, two resolutions that lack the quality of being resolute. In fact, two resolutions that smack of a particularly insidious hypocrisy. For by opposing foreign intervention, the League's members have protected themselves against future challenges to their own sovereign authority possibly at the expense of human rights while paying lip service to the Libyan appeal for UN military assistance."
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Full post at: leondsouza.blogspot.com
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"The 22-member regional organization of Arab states last week called on the UN Security Council to immediately impose a no-fly zone over Libya. The League also took up the matter of recognizing the opposition Libyan National Council as the country's only legitimate government. "The main priority right now is to stop the deadly situation," Secretary General Amr Moussa said gravely while announcing the organization's decision in Cairo.
"Good, yes but then there was this: A second resolution opposing any direct foreign military intervention. Shooting dictator Muammar Gaddafi's rogue airplanes out of the sky? OK. Crippling the air defenses that protect those airplanes (while simultaneously threatening the lives of NATO pilots): Not OK.
"So let's get this straight: We're supposed to send our pilots into harm's way without creating the conditions to ensure their success? And the Arab League's contribution in all of this is... what again? Oh right, two resolutions that lack the quality of being resolute. In fact, two resolutions that smack of a particularly insidious hypocrisy. For by opposing foreign intervention, the League's members have protected themselves against future challenges to their own sovereign authority possibly at the expense of human rights while paying lip service to the Libyan appeal for UN military assistance."
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