http://www.trinidadexpress.com/commentaries/Caricom_s_watch_on_Libya-120756154.html
"In Libya, unlike elsewhere in that region, the US and its NATO allies are actually involved in warfare on behalf of armed rebels committed to the goal of ending the Gadaffi regime. Not satisfied with the gains of Gadaffi's political opponents, they are no longer pretending about simply restricting themselves to the original intent of the UN Security Council resolution on "protecting" civilians. Under enormous pressure from the Obama administration, the UN had refused Libya's request for a hearing of its position in the current conflict. The UN had made no prior effort to seriously broker negotiations between Gadaffi's government and the coalition of rebel forces. While Caricom ponders the usefulness of at least issuing a collective "statement of concern" about the politics of regime change in Libya, the government in Tripoli has denounced what it regards "as an attempt to assassinate the (Libyan) leader and unifying the figure of our country ". Do not expect America and its NATO allies to give any credence to Gadaffi's claim that the war currently being waged against Libya reveals a violation of the letter and spirit of the UN Security Council resolution authorising military intervention "to protect civilians" One does not, however, have to be a political sympathiser of the Libyan leader to make an independent judgment on what's occurring at present in Libyain the name of "democracy". I only became aware after reading this article that the UN refused to hear Libya's position at the U ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:336905 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
