Posted by
Mike on Wednesday, March 23, 2011 2:31:52 PM
http://www.westernperspective.blogspot.com/
The British-American pundit Niall Ferguson warned America and the West
of what would be in store once the Muslim brotherhood came to power in
Egypt. We now see what kind of fruit the so-called Islamic revolution
is bearing even while the Egyptian army is still officially in control.
Male dissidents tortured, women subjected to strip searches and
virginity tests. The West will simply have to accept the fact that if
we want change, we will have to give up the idea of gender equality.
In Libya, Obama is doing the right thing by helping to enforce the UN
resolution imposing a no-fly zone. In the days leading up to the
resolution, there were media reports of Libyan aircraft strafing
civilians with automatic weapons fire. To have attacked Libya by air at
that time would have been an act of war against Libya. Obama exercised
prudence by first getting UN approval to guarantee international
legality, something which Bush ignored before going into Iraq, since no
vital US interests were at stake. It may be true that some Libyan
civilians died in the interim. So what? This is the price paid by
rebels and freedom fighters. There is no moral obligation for America
to stand in the way of this, and it should not be held against the
President. Of course America wants Kadhaffi to go and Obama has
reiterated that he must go, but it is not our responsibility to bring
about regime changes.
At this point, Obama has kept open the door for peacefully turning
over the operational command structure to our allies including France
and the Arab League. Once this is done, it will be time for us to turn
our attention away from Libya, and to become serious about dealing with
domestic problems.