War In Libya - Can This Action Be Justified?

  US President Barack Obama defending Libya intervention. 

 British Prime Minister David Cameron claiming that attacks on Libya are necessary, right and legal.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy stands at the fore of a coalition of the willing battling Muammar Qadhafi in Libya.




There was a time when the whole world was praying for the nuclear crisis to end. However, still the United States is talking about destroying oil refineries. Aren't they concerned and aware about what they are doing to the environment? The catastrophic disaster that happened in Japan was uncontrollable but why a war now?CNN was all about japan and all of a sudden the Libya war just caught my attention.The US is not out of Afghanistan or Iraq yet as promised and Gitmo is still open. Now another war?

In a joint statement to Gadhafi , the United States, Britain and France - backed by unspecified Arab countries - called on Gadhafi to end his troops advance toward Benghazi and pull them out of the cities of Misrata, Ajdabiya and Zawiya. It also called for the restoration of water, electricity and gas services in all areas. It said Libyans must be able to receive humanitarian aid or the "international community will make him suffer the consequences" with military action.These main countries of the coalition forces also agreed that they will not stand aside while the dictator Muammar Gadhafi murders his own people.

There is something that people living in democractic countries need to acquire."Human Rights" & "Democracy" are not covers for imperialism. This is another idiotic act after Iraq.They spent quite a considerable amount for the numerous attacks. A complete naked and undisguised invasion of another sovereign nation.Also, The U.S. as part of the UN has stepped in as its duty to help the oppressed people. The U.S. and UN do not agree with the actions by the Libyan government, so they have stepped in to stop the harsh military oppression of the people.Needless to say , US isnt doing it alone.They formed coalition forces with France, Italy, Britain, Denmark.Many nations are trying to stop Qaddafi from randomly killing his own innocent civilians.The mission has two goals : to prevent further attacks by Libyan forces on rebels and civilians, and degrade the Libyan military's ability to contest a no-fly zone.It is increasingly evident that the port city 150 miles east of Tripoli is the crucial battlefield. Its proximity to the capital means the rebels could use it as a launch pad for an offensive.Col Gaddafi's forces have stepped up their offensive on Libya's third largest city with a population of 300,000 as they recognise its strategic importance.n response Western air strikes hit armour on the outskirts of the rebel-held area but tanks inside the city remain there and have not been hit. Chinese President Hu Jintao admonished French President Nicolas Sarkozy over the Western bombing campaign in Libya , saying that the coalition forces will not resolve the conflict in the North African country.Thank God my country does not have any involvement with Libya war.

The people in Libya are under massive oppression by the government.As i said on the previous post., one of the obstacles that hinders the growth of middle east countries is their political leaders.It's fairly obvious that the people are sick of the oppression by the autocratic government led by Maummar Gadhafi. Ghadafi (Libya's leader) is threatening his own people. He has even used citizens as human shields to protect himself from rebels.The people have revolted against the government wanting Democracy. The government responded to this with harsh military action and no positive talks with the people on peace, or consensus.Apparently , there is also a growing unrest in places like Syria , Yemen and Egypt.As unrest, which began in Tunisia and spread to Egypt, now spills over into other Middle East nations, much of the attention has been on oil and whether the flow of crude will be disrupted. But the Middle East faces a bigger problem and one that will have long-term implications on its stability. In this region, water is more valuable than oil.The scarcity of water is an even bigger issue in Yemen, a country with few energy resources compared to its oil-rich neighbor Saudi Arabia.Water, not oil, will be and already is the main source of regional geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. For example, Jordan, Israel and Palestine; Saudi Arabia and Qatar, Bahrain and Jordan; as well as Turkey and Syria have wrestled for control of water resources.Problems in the Middle East are generally caused because of tensions over US involvement, Israel and Palestine, and terrorist/freedom fighters.here is resentment in Middle Eastern countries due to their views of America as a bullying and hypocritical country who invaded parts of the Middle East for oil. In addition, there is resentment over how America had previously supported extremists and dictators such as Osama bin Laden, and Saddam Hussein.Rebel forces fighting Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi are requesting arms supplies from the US.But they have less need for sophisticated and high technology weapons than they do for help with training and organization.I'm sceptical that NATO or the U.S. would actually bomb the rebels if they attacked civilians. But if this really is the policy, and if one follows it to its logical conclusion, could there be a situation in which we're bombing rebels who are wielding weapons we gave them?It would be a great joke if US passes their weapons to their wrong hands again.Recently , attacks by coalition forces against Libya have increasingly raged. A number of attacks with heavy artillery being waged have threatened the safety of civilians.A Libyan official pro-Gaddafi said the attack by coalition forces do not just hit the naval base, but air strikes and even then grind the fishing village that was nearby and not far from Tripoli.Heavy casualties were also inflicted by the attacks , what a shame! If Barack Obama’s aim is to conduct limited wars, he’s not doing it very well. And he’s certainly not coming clean to the public about what he’s doing.

The reputation of the US has not been good in the Middle East and Africa. I think it is time for the US to follow the lead of others who are reasonable instead of beating its own heroic drum again. After all, the US economy is very bad currently. Should the country still afford another war without significant adverse effects?Lets hope Libya will not be another Iraq .