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damanaliOP
#1
Where are the UN Peace Keeping Troops? They are known to be "Peace Keeping" for a reason so why is the UN not sending troops? Its ok if the Libyans kills each other but foreigners are geting hurt or killed.I don't know if any of the Big 5 are supporting Gadaffi so that any resolution is being vetoed. So, is the UN now being like the League of Nations? Worthless and eventually be abolished?
theunderling
#2
A lot of them foreigners are over there because of greed,working for big bucks because its a volatile place.Maybe they could invest some of their wages in stuff like this and protect themselves.http://www.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&sugexp=gsihc&xhr=t&q=machine+gun&cp=8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&sa=X&ei=oJdrTdP2J6qAhAeV9JjyDg&sqi=2&ved=0CDoQsAQ&biw=1281&bih=622
2DamCerius
#3
YAHOO NewsU.N. refugee agency spokeswoman Melissa Fleming said Tuesday "the situation is reaching crisis point" at the Libya-Tunisia border where authorities say up to 75,000 people have fled Libya since Feb. 20. Egyptian authorities say 69,000 people have crossed over from Libya since Feb. 19.International pressure to end the crackdown has escalated dramatically in the past few days.The U.S. moved naval and air forces closer to Libya on Monday and said all options were open, including patrols of the North African nation's skies to protect its citizens from their ruler. The Obama administration is demanding that Gadhafi relinquish power immediately."In the years ahead, Libya could become a peaceful democracy, or it could face protracted civil war. The stakes are high," Clinton told Congress in Washington.France said it would fly aid to the opposition-controlled eastern half of the country. The European Union imposed an arms embargo and other sanctions, following the lead of the U.S. and the U.N. The EU and the U.S. have also talked about the possibility of creating a no-fly zone over Libya.
The full details are within here. I have been watching this go on for quite some time and it seems to me that political unrest won't stop unless Gadhafi is overthrown.Whatever the United Nations are doing is futile and overrated. Nothing within the regime is even helping let alone ending all quarrels. It's not even the Regime's fault for having to deal with the traditional beliefs of other countries. If the Libyan government doesn't want to change so drastically then its very own citizens will have to shed some of their own light.If the United nations were abolished then everything the nations have stood for will have been for nothing. Dependency is not exactly a "give and receive" relationship right now. A ton of countries are still at risk and fall under the category of interdependency.
tyson_rss
#4
Well there is talk of sending U.S troops there to invade. I think that's dumb, and I think part the reason why that is, is just to get their oil.
Natewlie
#5

Replying to #4

No they're not. They have naval ships there to make it a no fly zone, imo, it's there to even out the playing field for the armed supporters and the ill-equipped rebel force.
tyson_rss
#6
No. I've read articles. I know they have made it a no-fly zone. But doesn't mean Obama won't send the military over there. He's already been hinting he would. And I've read many articles detailing that it's a possibility.
Loonylion
#8
tyson_rss · #6I know they have made it a no-fly zone.
As far as I'm aware that hasn't happened yet, its just being considered as one of a number of options.
tyson_rss
#9
Littlekill · #7citations please
It was a yahoo article and some TIME articles. It was earlier this week so I don't have the links.
athemoe
#10
Khadafi is a terrorist.
He deserves to die.he's even killing people of his own country...
shadowhawk95
#11
Gadaffi should die.30 years of distributorship isn't enough for him. :(
shadowhawk95
#13
Yup got even MORE news.His speech on tuesday was apparently a the starting of a war between Gadaffi and people in Libya.NO ONES SAFE!
luneth23
#14
Thats why they're getting people out of Libya right now.
athemoe
#15
shadowhawk95 · #13Yup got even MORE news.His speech on tuesday was apparently a the starting of a war between Gadaffi and people in Libya.NO ONES SAFE!
athemoe · #10he's even killing people of his own country...
Hypr
#16
Am I the only one who doesn't give a flying fuck about this?
Stanley Richards
#17
You're not the only one.
bhatooth
#18
Hypr · #16Am I the only one who doesn't give a flying fuck about this?
you have enough fuck to notice and respondgadaffi is crazy he cant win this war
Natewlie
#19

Replying to #18

Pretty sure there's the possibility of him winning, considering that his side has most, if not all the firepower in his disposal. They started using planes so, that's a very bad sign for most resistance.
Hypr · #16Am I the only one who doesn't give a flying fuck about this?
HYPRRRR
2DamCerius
#20
[color=navy]Is America the only largest consumer of foreign oil? Because in the mean time prices are about to go sky high. I mean for the Europeans gas prices are ttoooooo expensive anyways, I was just saying that because much of our biggest imports come from the middle east.Gadhafi is sure to smog the entire place before much of it is exported.
"We need help from the international community, but we just hear promises," said Mohammed Ali Al Zuaiee, a 48-year-old rebel fighter. "They are doing nothing."
Seems like internationalism is a long way from ever combining forces. Political backlashes, pft bah!
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