On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 6:07 PM, C. Hatton Humphrey <chumph...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Several report I heard earlier mentioned the fact that the rebels were > asking for nothing more than a no-fly zone.
One thing that I've found particularly disturbing so far is that reports keep talking about "rebels" but without ever identifying *who they are*. I'm anti-Gaddafi. No problems there. However, the whole "an enemy of my enemy is my friend" gig has lead us down some particularly odious corridors in not-so-distant history. I know that our intelligence agencies like to keep tabs on elements in various important societies, so maybe they have a bit of a handle on who might be part of this "rebellion" and what their goals are other than the "not Gaddafi" sort. Or maybe not. Gaddafi has held a pretty iron-clad fist over the country for a long time and no one seemed to be predicting a serious threat to his power any time soon. Regardless, I think it behooves us to know what is going on before we put too much might (military and otherwise) in the game. I'd love to see Gaddafi go down. But if we play a part in that process then we are implicitly playing a part in what comes after and right now I have not heard any solid stories, or even librettos, of what comes after. In defense of freedom is a great idea, but it presupposes that the people who are not Gaddafi are looking for freedom as we understand it. Are they? Judah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:335336 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
