JayMick,
et al,
Why is this a good or bad idea?
Seriously I thought this was done a week ago! Obviously order the no fly zone OBAMA. Is anyone even againt that at this point other then Gadaffi? NO FLY ZONE IN LIBYA.
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I don't think anyone questions that Moammar Qaddafi has lost legitimacy to continue in Libya. Having said that, the Libyan Air Force is a product of Libyans. And Libyans are the one's that ulimately decide their own fate, and chose their own destiny.
This is a Libyan-on-Libyan event. Not a place for US intervention.
The US tends to act as if these dictators are alien to the environment they control. That is not the case. Moammar Qaddafi is a Libyan, and controls only because Libyans follow him and protect him. If the Libyans all agreed that he has to go, they could overthrow him in a heartbeat.
The fact that Moammar Qaddafi is still alive and in control is
prima facia evidence that there are still Libyans that want him --- Libyans that believe they should continue to protect both him and retain his leadership. Those are Libyans flying those planes and dropping those bombs on other Libyans.
If we are to truly allow the Libyans to right and responsibility to change their government, we must let the Libyans decide who they would rather see rule. When his staff and his military, made-up of Libyans, decides that they want a democracy (or some other type of government), they will make the changes necessary and become part of the popular movement.
The Western World should stay away from Libya until the people decide. When the smoke clears, we will deal with the outcome of their decision.
Just One Man's Thought,
R