Whatever is done...actively taking out Ghadaffi's forces or standing back will result in some, most likely a lot, of civilian death and destruction...so that can't be the deciding factor...it lies above that in what social and political long term results will stem from this...what prececedences will be set, what this means for the likelihood of future actions...whether it promotes or restrains on a practical level, longer term interests of the Left, etc.
Look, I always try to question my own gut positionings and that is what I am doing here. It strengthens my positionings, understand the nuances, and ability to argue them.
Bryan
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On Mar 23, 2011, at 13:30, Wojtek S <wsoko52 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Bryan: "But can you accurately say that they are bombing the living
> shit out of the entire country?"
>
> [WS:] "Smart bombs" that 'know" which targets to hit, huh? Do you
> really believe that 100+ missiles plus bombs dropped from aircraft hit
> only the military targets after Wikileaks released a video of some
> dumbasses machine gunning TV reporters because they thought their
> cameras were weapons? And having witnessed how much damage tw
> passenger aircraft can do to a city, what do you think is the impact
> of 100+ missiles landing on a city?
>
> Just curious.
>
> Wojtek