tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-597988080513921863.post4771416542835671823..comments2024-03-15T03:20:49.376-04:00Comments on Autonomy For All: No War in LibyaDanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17355077650707854680noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-597988080513921863.post-18520220019127006732011-03-25T10:54:42.731-04:002011-03-25T10:54:42.731-04:00Me, as well, and what David Kaib said.
And, in an...Me, as well, and what David Kaib said.<br /><br />And, in any case, do we even know <a href="http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2011/03/25/libya_rebels/index.html" rel="nofollow">who</a> comprises the side we've elected to champion? Is it possible that, as David intimates, we have simply championed the next group we will designate as a <i>threat to our national interest</i> in the future?<br /><br />~ bystanderAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-597988080513921863.post-34833767014870085202011-03-24T23:01:54.655-04:002011-03-24T23:01:54.655-04:00Part of the problem for me is way this question is...Part of the problem for me is way this question is always framed - once things fail apart, what do we do? It strikes me that we're always focusing on the newest crisis and never thinking about how to avoid the next one.<br /><br />So, for example, would it have helped for the US <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gwuLNqE2rj86RXryfwwnzve4C3oQ?docId=fcea6e0539e24e4dbd33392f20ada921" rel="nofollow">not to have armed Libya</a> prior to this? Is propping up human rights violating dictators a good idea? <br /><br />I grow weary of the claim that only violence can solve the problems that violence created in the first place.<br /><br />In addition to that, there is an important difference between the cause and the action that often gets lost.David Kaibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00242081942930386460noreply@blogger.com