It's pretty disgraceful what we are doing in Libya.
Why Glenn? (honest enquiry, no agenda)
My perspective is that Gadaffi has been in power for 40 odd years. At the time of Lockerbie and perhaps other atrocities commited (probably with his tacit approval), there may have been some rationale for having a bunfight with Libya. In the last 6 or 7 years Prime Minister's of this country have treated him as an ally.
In this situation, there was an uprising - I'm not really sure what we expect the Libyan government to do other than try to suppress the rebellion. So, it feels very opportunistic to step in now, support the uprising and in the process, kill lots of people on the Government side.
We are quick to hide behind a general motif of not wanting to interfere in sovereign affairs of a state when it suits us, eg recent past genocides in Africa.
The fact there is a UN resolution has little resonance with me as we don't have to subscribe to a UN view of specific situations.
I don't doubt that Gadaffi is despicable, tyrannical & murderous but I don't like it when our government engages in moral relativism to justify action/inaction.
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