It's a charmingly written book chronicling fifty years of American gangsterism abroad and at home.
No surprise there, the republican party of the U.S is a war mongering party, I'm well aware of that & agree. But at this point we're discussing only the motives behind the present libyan conflict.
I don't blame the rebels for seeking military support.
Its not just the rebels. Its also the ordinary citizens of Benghazi. The guardian posted an appeal for help article from a female doctor in benghazi the other day.
By all means give them arms
Actually, I'm against the idea of arming the rebels, I would rather air strikes be used. Rebels were armed in afghanistan and that led to the creation of the taliban, after that I'm not sure arming any other insurgents would be a good idea..
but what makes you think that Precedent Obama who would not even say a bad word about Mubarak as he killed with abandon cares about Libyans?
I believe you're being a bit unfair. Yes, he was silent about it for the first few days of the protest, but you don't realistically expect him to start immediately speaking out against a former ally as soon as a protest starts? In Egypt there were a lot of complications, e.g with Israel. Its more likely because of these complications that Obama was initially reserved, rather than the fact that he 'didn't care about the civilians'.
Also, he did come out strongly in support of the protestors and against Mubarrak mid way during the protests.
Most of these Arab autocrats were secretly lobbying America to bomb Eye-ran. Should we cluster bomb the Iranians too?
Of course not, however if it got as bad as it is in Libya where there's a possibility of genocide, and the civilians are openly calling for assistance, I think 'help should be given to those who ask for it'.
Did you know that at same time as the US was making barking noises at Yugoslavia's ethnic cleansing it was aiding the Indonesian genocide against East Timor which killed far more than the Serbs ever did in Bosnia or that the US was selling arms to Turkey to assist in its campaign to kill thirty thousand Kurds in south eathern Turkey? The US has no interest in saving anybody. It's an imperial empire with its own rapacious interests at heart.
I did not know that, and I find that a bit difficult to believe. Is there any evidence that U.S aided these groups, or is that just a conspiracy theory?
The intentions in Libya are no different from the intentions of all US missions: To secure the geopolitical interests of Uncle Sam primarily. Look between the covers of William Blum's Rouge State and tell me if you still think America wants to promote freedom.
Good question and something to think about. What if those interests they want to promote include freedom, including religious freedom?
Topic: Intervention in Libya?