World leaders have hit the overdrive button trying to gather information and how to deal with the unrest in the Middle East,what some call Diplomacy is not hard at work thinking how to get Libya stable. As the saying goes ” Everyone has a dog in the race” and the people who have no dogs in the race suffer great pain.
America is in support of the people, well at least that is what they are saying publicly. What gets under my skin the most is how the choosing of who deserves support is derived. I used to be of the school of thought that the selection is arrived by looking at humanitarian grounds and assisting those under oppressive regimes, I was so wrong. The question everyone asks is “what benefit will we get is we support these people”?
Is it a coincidence that the Countries that many a great nation intervene and help are rich with resources like say um oil? Lets go back in time, President Bush Sr had the first Gulf War and guess what Kuwait has, yap, oil. Iraq and now Libya, is it because someone really cares about the people? Let me be clear, Somalia, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Sudan, Congo and many other African Nations have suffered a great deal and required help from America and the World over but they hardly make the news with the exception of the Pirate issues off the Somalian coast that make the headlines.
In 2007 President Bush Jr gave Mugabe an ultimatum and guess what, it was a well crafted speech so that the World can hear some political wise statement to protect himself from backlash. Mugabe is still in power and is pulling every single ounce of power he has to make trouble for the Libyan people.
Last Week Mugabe allegedly provided army support staff for embattled Libyan leader. With a Military that can out fight any nation out there and the best trained African fighter jet pilots at his disposal, Mugabe sent out enough personal to make sure trouble & terror remain on the streets of Libya. What disappoints me the most is the fact that Hillary Clinton and the American leaders can actually entertain letting Gaddafi move to Zimbabwe just so that Libya is free.
Instead of putting pressure on all who would want to harbor this brutal man including Mugabe, the idea is on the table for Gaddafi to ease into Zimbabwe. Its time all these so called Presidents who support dictators account for their stupid political games. You cannot be against a dictator who does not do what you want so that you can usher in one you can control, if you are for Democracy stop supporting those who do wrong to people. Mubarak, Gaddafi and many more have been friends of the West at one point when they were brutalizing their own people. Evil is evil no what who carries it out or the degree of how intense it is.
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