http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110413/ap_on_go_ot/uc_us_libya
It will take courage for the Obama Administration to admit error. This writer does not think that the President has it in him. But there is always hope.
The war in Libya can be stopped. How? Obama just needs to order it to be stopped. It really is that simple. Since the US Congress has been diverted onto the Budget issues, Obama has been given a pass on the illegality of the continued war, and he has been given a free hand in continuing the war. That is really bad, and a shame. But there is a war and we need to face it. Secondly, a lot of innocent civilians ARE being killed by NATO and USA aggression. Thirdly, a lot of loyal Libyan government troops are being slaughtered by A-10 American anti personnel Gattling guns. Fourthly, enormous destruction of the buildings, infrastructure and operational government of Libya has been caused by “sightless” bombing of NATO and USA. Come on folks! We all know that humanitarian aid is not delivered by Cruise missiles.
The French and The British tried to fool the USA into thinking that Libya was in a state of civil war against Gaddafi. They further tried to topple the Libyan government by using the ruse of humanitarian support for beleaguered civilians. The early days of UN sanctioned support have given way to lesser USA support and a worldwide rejection of the British and French lies. The Libyan people were not in general uprising against their government. The rebel army was a motley crew of ragtag insurrectionists, disgruntled former army officers, and Al Qaida operatives. The Libya government was not crumbling under the leadership of a maniacal dictator and the army of Libya remained loyal to the government. Therefore, the Brits and the French want to INCREASE ground attacks against Libyan Army personnel and equipment in order thereby to topple the government, cripple Libyan domestic organization, create general hardship and disruption of security and to install an unknown, untried, and disorganized array of anti Gaddafi leaders, all of whom had previously fled the nation and were living comfortably in France and Britain while the good people of Libya tried to cooperate with the government and through processes of consistent and loyal opposition to the regime gain concessions and internal improvements to the lives of the ordinary Libyan citizen. These efforts were recognized by both the Bush (43) and Obama administrations who sent high level diplomats to Tripoli and by a process of identifying past wrongs, (Lockerbie) the payment and the acceptance of the money payments as restitution for Lockerbie, and pledges of greater cooperation with the West and promises of increased democratic freedoms in Libya, they achieved significant progress toward promises of measured democratic freedom in Libya. Now, by a process of criminal aggression, the Western European Nations, backed by a naive and inexperienced President, have destroyed not only all improvement, but because of their own diabolical attempt at a new capitalist colonial imperialism in Libya, have ignited fears throughout the region that they will attack other nations and destroy them as well. President Obama is right to stay in a support role and should be bolder. He should withdraw support for attacks against Libyan government forces because it is obvious that the general population is not in rebellion against the government. Secondly, President Obama should respond through formal diplomatic channels to the Libyan government. He should assure them of public and formal and not back channel diplomatic engagement. Thirdly, the President should repudiate the “Gaddafi must go” statement and give assurances that the USA is not a party to regime change imposed by aggressive former colonial and imperialist nations. The USA should show sincerity by the withdrawal of all special forces personnel, trainers of the rebels, secret CIA agents, and clandestine USA fighters from Libya. Fourthly, embassy should be made to the Tripoli government with promises that build on the three points above, to include money payments by US oil interests for the rebuilding of the destroyed security and infrastructure of Libya in return for free and fair access to Libyan oil deposits. In return, the Libyan government will agree to a gradual, guaranteed, long term process of democratization of Libya in cooperation with USA ambassadorial presence. The future efforts will be overseen by joint commissions of Libyan government and American diplomatic personnel. This bold and courageous action by the Obama administration is imperative, if we are to stop being international terrorists ourselves.
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