Obama pairs lifting the "dark shadow of tyranny" with the death of Gaddafi and then lectures the Libyan people about inclusivity and tolerance. What an odd world view this is. Libyan cities are in ruin, thousands are dead, many more injured, and the city where the dark shadow was lifted is devastated. Is it tolerant to blow a people and city to bits because they won't surrender? Is it inclusive to kill off citizens simply because they're in the former leader's hometown?
Who would fail to get the message? When the president says your time is up, you're in serious trouble. Gaddafi and Saddam Hussein were both cooperative members of the U.S.-NATO team at different points in their careers. Yet both Iraq and Libya were attacked, their population ravaged, and, after the destruction of people and infrastructure, the leaders were captured and killed.
Where will it end?
When will someone in leadership stand up and say that behaving in a brutish, violent, and uncivilized fashion is immoral, repulsive, and unacceptable. Representatives Ron Paul (R-TX) and Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) have said just that, as have others. They're ignored by their political peers and ridiculed by the corporate media. There is a deafening silence among those in the power structure and their patrons. They miss this simple point. This is not about who Gaddafi is. It's about who we are and how our good name is hijacked by leaders who order violence without any restraint.
For decades, the strength and humanity of the nation has been siphoned off to support these overseas adventures concocted by presidents of limited vision and intellect, bereft of any fundamental notion of the value of human life, and unable to think beyond the next election or even the next meeting with a supporter from the defense-national security state industry.
The sleep of reason produces monsters.
And, they do all this in our name.
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N.B. Prime Minister David Cameron and President Obama featured on the front page of the anti Gaddafi coalition, the National Transitional Council.
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