On Mar 23, 2011, at 9:33 PM, Marv Gandall wrote:
> On 2011-03-23, at 4:01 PM, Wojtek S wrote:
>
>> I am still on the fence regarding the Libya's
>> revolution, I understand that there might be some true pro-democracy
>> forces there, but I am reasonably certain of one thing - that there
>> are many good ways of helping and supporting these forces, but sending
>> F-15s and Tomahawk missiles is not one of them.
>
> Nice thought, but what measures did you have in mind to stop Gadhafi's planes and tanks besieging Benghazi and Misurata?
I was just editing my interview with Achcar. He asks pretty much the same question, and proposes we weigh the certainty of many thousands of deaths in those cities vs. what will be many fewer from the bombing.
I'm not sure what I think of this, but his interview is very strong.
Doug