Putin: Libya Coalition Has No Right To Kill Gaddafi

[Mimosa]

*Edited at Moderator request and reposted* :)

Putin says the coalition against Libya has no right to kill Gaddafi. Can anybody argue that he is wrong? There was absolutely no 'proof' Gaddafi committed 'crimes' against anybody. What he did do what threaten to nationalise Libya's oil fields and leave OPEC. He was following the example of Hugo Chavez.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20110426/tts-uk-russia-putin-libya-ca02f96.html

Excerpt:


"They said they didn't want to kill Gaddafi. Now some officials say, yes, we are trying to kill Gaddafi," Putin said on a visit to Denmark. "Who permitted this, was there any trial? Who took on the right to execute this man, no matter who he is?"

Putin was speaking as Britain and the United States discussed stepping up military pressure on Gaddafi, who has survived more than a month of NATO air strikes.

"The country's whole infrastructure is being destroyed, and in essence one of the warring sides is attacking under the cover of aircraft," Putin said at a news conference after talks with his Danish counterpart Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen.

"When the entire so-called civilised community falls upon a small country with all its might, destroys infrastructure created over generations -- I don't know, is that good or not?" Putin said. "I don't like it."

Much more at link:

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20110426/tts-uk-russia-putin-libya-ca02f96.html

[damntexdem]

1. I argue that he is wrong. Gaddafi has declared war on his people ...

so he is fair game.

Or are we deriving our morality from Putin now?

When an uprising threatens oil infrastructure from which Putin might get oil, he doesn't like it. Civilization, or morality, have nothing to do with his objections.

[Frank Ness]

3. "are we deriving our morality from Putin now?"

We need to find it somewhere .....

This is another smoke and mirror operation. We have no goal. Our Prez says Gaddafi has to go, but his staff says otherwise. How long can we stand for these mixed messages and another war with no clear strategy?

We tried to kill the guy, plain and simple... and who knows how many innocent lives were taken during the bombing. This is insanity folks.

Would you have ever thought that Obama would be bought by the War Machine ? Would you have voted for him knowing we'd be involved in 3 wars before his term was up ?

I cant support a 'play along' president.

[orangeapple]

4. there's no logic in that

Russia is an oil exporter.

You could argue this is about oil for the EU (and lo and behold they're willing to send troops!), but Putin doesn't need Libya's oil.

[Mimosa]

2. If leaders warring against 'their own people' was the reason we'd be going to war on the Ivory Coast

The US would intervene in Zimbabwe against Robert Mugabe if humanitarian concerns were the reason.

Why do people insist on buying into the 'humanitarian intervention' excuse for war? If

Please google Miles Ignotus ( pseudonym of Henry Kissinger) and his Harper's Magazine article making a case for seizing Arab oil fields. Maybe your eyes will be opened.

Another article which explains the real reasons behind US attacks on nations which made the mistake of having too much of 'our' oil:

http://jesse.kline.ca/oil-and-the-iraq-war-political-and-economic-justifications-for-war

I believe many of us do know these wars are motivated by our need for the natural resources which have helped provide us a high standard of living. Maybe many of us can't stand to admit the truth so we have to have these wars sugarcoated with humanitarian candy flavour to make them acceptable to swallow.