29-10-2011, 05:44 AM
Why are the people of Syria now calling for NATO to help them after more than 3,000 of their citizens were killed by the military and police crackdown since the demonstrations began over six months ago?
How can you take the NATO bombings of Sirte out of the context of the Libyan and Arab revolution and ignore the fact that they were a reactionary response to the attempt by Gadhafi to kill all those who opposed him, as he had done for the previous 42 years?
Where was the outrage when Gadhafi forces randomly bombarded and sent rockets and mortar rounds into Misratha, killing thousand of innocent civilians?
Where was the international outrage when the people of Misratha were under a three months long siege that destroyed their city, the third largest in Libya?
Those who complain today of the NATO bombing of Libya were silent when Gadhafi's forces butchered the people of Zawiya, Misratha, Brega and were on the way to massacre all the "rats" of Benghazi, as Gadhafi ordered them to do in a broadcast on international TV? And his forces were in the process of following his orders when the NATO planes stopped them a few miles from their goal.
It was mainly rebel fighters from Misratha who "liberated" Sirte by destroying it, just as their city was destroyed a few months earlier by the soldiers and mercenaries who "defended" Sirte, and it was probably men from Mistratha who killed Gadhafi, just as his son and their soldiers had killed many of the people of Mistratha.
The cost of the NATO incursion in Libya was minor in comparison to the invasion, conquest and ten year occupation of Iraq, as there were no NATO casualities, the civilian casualities they caused were minor, the mission lasted six months and was successful.
Those who still criticize the NATO mission in Libya should have started paying attention earlier, as what NATO did there is now being used as a model for future missions in similar circumstances.
If you would like to review the revolution from the beginning, I have archived many of the most pertinent news reports and opeds, including those who criticized NATO, at my blog, which I began two days before the Libyan revolution began in February.
Those who are against the use of all military force any time anywhere allow bully dictators like Gadhafi to get away with murder.
Now that's three dictators down in six months - one in exile, one in jail and one buried in the desert. Who's next? Syria, Bahrain, Yemen?
Those who ignore the revolution current raging are doomed not to understand how it will one day affect them.
Bill Kelly
Revolutionary Program
How can you take the NATO bombings of Sirte out of the context of the Libyan and Arab revolution and ignore the fact that they were a reactionary response to the attempt by Gadhafi to kill all those who opposed him, as he had done for the previous 42 years?
Where was the outrage when Gadhafi forces randomly bombarded and sent rockets and mortar rounds into Misratha, killing thousand of innocent civilians?
Where was the international outrage when the people of Misratha were under a three months long siege that destroyed their city, the third largest in Libya?
Those who complain today of the NATO bombing of Libya were silent when Gadhafi's forces butchered the people of Zawiya, Misratha, Brega and were on the way to massacre all the "rats" of Benghazi, as Gadhafi ordered them to do in a broadcast on international TV? And his forces were in the process of following his orders when the NATO planes stopped them a few miles from their goal.
It was mainly rebel fighters from Misratha who "liberated" Sirte by destroying it, just as their city was destroyed a few months earlier by the soldiers and mercenaries who "defended" Sirte, and it was probably men from Mistratha who killed Gadhafi, just as his son and their soldiers had killed many of the people of Mistratha.
The cost of the NATO incursion in Libya was minor in comparison to the invasion, conquest and ten year occupation of Iraq, as there were no NATO casualities, the civilian casualities they caused were minor, the mission lasted six months and was successful.
Those who still criticize the NATO mission in Libya should have started paying attention earlier, as what NATO did there is now being used as a model for future missions in similar circumstances.
If you would like to review the revolution from the beginning, I have archived many of the most pertinent news reports and opeds, including those who criticized NATO, at my blog, which I began two days before the Libyan revolution began in February.
Those who are against the use of all military force any time anywhere allow bully dictators like Gadhafi to get away with murder.
Now that's three dictators down in six months - one in exile, one in jail and one buried in the desert. Who's next? Syria, Bahrain, Yemen?
Those who ignore the revolution current raging are doomed not to understand how it will one day affect them.
Bill Kelly
Revolutionary Program