NO WAR ON LIBYA

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On March 19th Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is scheduled to go to Paris to engage in discussions regarding the enforcement of the U.N. resolution. Before the United Nations vote, Clinton stated a U.N. no-fly zone over Libya would require the bombing of targets to remove the threat posed by Kadafi's regime. And we must not be misled into believing that this resolution only involves imposing a no fly zone. The wording of the resolution will allow a much larger war.  "...all necessary measures" is very broad language.

And the past should be very instructive about the imposition of no-fly zones.  The most recent no-fly zones were in the former Yugoslavia and Iraq.  Both of those evolved into massive wars with much death and destruction of innocent people in those nations. What makes us think this will be any different?

The Libyan people will not achieve true power by relying on the U.S. imperialists. The U.S. imperialists have fought many wars and they were generally disguised with words such as freedom and democracy. The enemy was declared to be tyrants, dictators, communists, terrorists, etc.  But each time we have been misled and never told the true motives of the Empire.  We can not afford to be lied to again. This war is one of empire.  If the imperialist actions are not opposed the Libyan people will only face more death and destruction, like those in Iraq and Afghanistan, Pakistan, etc...

This new war must be opposed

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This page contains a single entry by Curt Wechsler, The World Can't Wait published on March 18, 2011 4:06 PM.

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