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We need some war so we can have
peace
George Orwell  , author of
1984 , seems more like a prophet every day.
US president Obama and his satraps have followed the example of his predecessors and decided
to attack Libya, another sovereign nation that does not threaten nobody. What
hubris! A tyrant, who just a few weeks ago wasn't even on the US State Department's
radar, is now suddenly a threat to the world? Tyrants in other Middle East nations are shooting citizens who protest their
oppression, but the US says and does nothing. Why? Because the US Navy's Fifth Fleet is based in the area and
needs the support of those tyrants against Iran. And: Oil reserves in Libya are the largest in Africa and the ninth largest in the world.
As
Obama spoke, one could almost hear echoes of the high-sounding,
pretentious, but dishonest and false arguments expounded by his predecessors to justify American military action anywhere and
everywhere: "We're not imposing our will, we are just intervening to protect innocent civilians so they can decide their own
fate. We will not use any force beyond that well-defined goal, and there will be no troops on the
ground." These arguments are illogical, irrational and false. You cannot stop violence by committing
violence. You don't teach people it is wrong to kill people by killing people. A no fly-zone imposed using
all necessary measures is an act of war and aggression, plain and simple. Libya has not attacked
the United States and its satellites, nor does it threaten their security or
sovereignty. The conflict in Libya is a civil war, and anyone knows that civil wars are especially terrible and
awful.
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