"Their bombs are a mark of tenderness for which,
I'm sure, the Libyan people are grateful."
--------- Cynic Berber
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Taking sides in a Civil War and increasing anomie
is hardly a way to create humanitarian outcomes.
NATO is merely flexing its muscle to keep the anti-
colonial revolts in line and to remind Egyptians
the West still has the ability. Mind you don't
alienate them. The Mediterranean is NATO's. Ignore
this at your peril. Besides, bombing Libya places the
massacres of Yemen and Bahrain in the shade. Any
major news agency reporting on the Saudi forces
intervening in Bahrain? They're shooting protestors
and securing the crackdown on the Shiite majority.
Israel has bombed Gaza, killing three children and
an elderly man....The missiles' golden fire lights up
the black screen for US cable news viewers like a
fireworks show. It's lovely and they call it humane.
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This Odyssey is a recurring lost way with no dawn.
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Humanitarian bombings have created more misery
in the past 30 years, refugee crises and sectarian
violence, than diplomacy has been able to contain.
Every humanitarian bombing has led to an intensified
civil war or interventionist war. They are a physical
means of sanctioning a state. The death and devastation
always accelerate the collapse of civil society and
factions fight over dwindling scraps.
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So these bombing always recur. All the reasons are
there to preach. No matter how every humanitarian
bombing has always resulted in increased misery for
those we pretend to serve; be they Iraqi people, Afghan
women or Libyan rebels. Our bombs destroy
infrastructure and drive deep wedges in their societies
that last to this day. The amplification of sectarian
animosity by favoring a certain side is always a result.
On humanitarian grounds Westerners should be
concerned about the plight of those bombed for
their own good. Unfortunately NATO's brand of
humanitarianism only goes as far as self interest
(free markets, cheap oil). Even on that scale
Humanitarian bombings fail for everyone but Oil Co's,
War Contractors and politicians hoping for a "rally
round the bomber" poll boost(Sarkozy).
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These type of bombings will continue because they
look great, have low casualties for the bombing nations,
and show an active, though disingenuous, concern.
They benefit the elites who pat themselves on the back
for the humanitarian fireworks show. Don't bother
counting dead bodies. The cause was just.
These lines will be repeated when they "have to" bomb
again.....Such a burden(pauvre d'eux).
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All of this is a mark of tenderness for which the bombed
are thankful.
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