Saturday, March 19, 2011

Violent Solutions

One more time our nation is attempting to end violence with violence. It is indeed horrendous what the Libyan government is doing to its own people. It is right that the world responds. If there is to be military intervention, at least there is a group in the country requesting the support and the response is coming from the UN. While this is better than the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, that will come as little comfort to the victims of this violence. At the same time as the governments of Yemen and Bahrain (with help from Saudi Arabia) are inflicting violence on their people, the world community must either explain its double standard or commit to even more violence. The tragic slippery slope of violence threatens to take us all to our doom. It is well past time to declare that "violent solution" is an oxymoron. BlogBooster-The most productive way for mobile blogging. BlogBooster is a multi-service blog editor for iPhone, Android, WebOs and your desktop

1 comment:

The Real Music Observer said...

First, welcome back. Second, I am in mild agreement with you because I have war fatigue. While I'm not of the mindset that all war is bad, I have to say that too much war is bad. I think should only fight when we're attacked. If our intervention in Libya is to stop the slaughter then I can support that. But if it evolves into another ground war, I am totally against it. Get in, get out, get home.