|
| Humanitarian Neo-colonialism: Framing Libya and Reframing War |
| 04.05.11 19:21 |
Africa |
| The most remarkable facet of NATOs war against Libya is the fact that "world opinion," that ever so nebulous thing, has accepted an act of overt military aggression against a sovereign country guilty of no violation of the UN Charter in an act of de facto neo-colonialism, a humanitarian war in violation of basic precepts of the laws of nations. The world has accepted it without realizing the implications if the war against Gaddafi’s Libya is allowed to succeed in forced regime change. At issue is not whether or not Gaddafi is good or evil. At issue is the very concept of the civilized law of nations and of just or unjust wars. |
| F. William Engdahl |
| |
|
|
| The perfect (desert) storm |
| 08.03.11 20:28 |
Africa |
| The George W Bush administration invaded both Afghanistan and Iraq, killing hundreds of thousands of people in the process, directly and indirectly; and as everyone knows, with no end in sight, and with total impunity. Now its the turn for the law of the (wild) West to be applied, via the Barack Obama administration, to the African king of kings - as in its OK if we bearers of the White Mans Burden kill a lot of people, but not OK if the killer is a John Galliano-dressed Bedouin weirdo. |
| Asia Times |
| |
|
|
