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luckydawg -> RE: Protesters hit by hail of gunfire in Libya march (2/27/2011 8:58:19 PM)
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I encourage everyone to watch RML's link.
A Real President!!! Wonderfull.
But he actually didn't say what RML claims he did.
The goal was not to remove Mumar.
But to stop his regiem from outward terror, and illegally claiming international waters.
And it worked.
And what did the Left and the UN have to say about the affair.
International responseThe attack was condemned by many countries. By a vote of 79 in favor to 28 against with 33 abstentions, the United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution 41/38 which "condemns the military attack perpetrated against the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya on 15 April 1986, which constitutes a violation of the Charter of the United Nations and of international law."[28]
The Government of Libya said that the United States had fallen prey to the arrogance and madness of power and wanted to become the world's policeman. It charged that any party that did not agree to become an American vassal was an outlaw, a terrorist, and a devil. A meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement said that it condemned the "dastardly, blatant and unprovoked act of aggression". The League of Arab States expressed that it was outraged at the United States aggression and that it reinforced an element of anarchy in international relations. The Assembly of Heads of State of the African Union in its declaration said that the deliberate attempt to kill Libyans violated the principles of international law. The Government of Iran asserted that the attack constituted a policy of aggression, gunboat diplomacy, an act of war, and called for an extensive political and economic boycott of the United States. Others saw the United States motive as an attempt to eliminate Libya's revolution.[29] China stated that the US attack violated norms of international relations and had aggravated tension in the region. The Soviet Union believed that there was a clear link between the attack and U.S. policy aimed at stirring up existing hotbeds of tension and creating new ones, and at destabilizing the international situation. West Germany stated that international disputes required diplomatic and not military solutions. France also criticized the bombing and had not allowed American aircraft to fly over its territory en route to Libya, forcing them to make a lengthy trip through the Strait of Gibraltar.
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