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The central government of Libya can't take order due to once anti-Gaddafi militias rebelling. Militias are firing on crowds, have taken over the oil-fields of Cyrenaica (where most of Libya's oil comes from, which it is completely dependent upon for it's Libya government, which is highly composed of figures from the Muslim Brotherhood, is soon economy) and a tribal battle is raging 15 miles away from the the Libyan parliament. The to go broke without it's oil profits and powerless to stop the rampant rebellion across the country.
Are Gaddafi and Assad animals? Yes, there is no debate about that. However, these dictators at the very least managed to keep control for most of their years in office and maintain a steady oil market. Although the rebels in each of these country's appear to be desperate freedom fighters, I would challenge that assertion. There is no guarantee that the situation will improve with new extremest in office rather than the old dictators.
For this reason, I've changed my viewpoint about intervention in Syria. If our allies Turkey and Israel are directly threatened by chemical weapons at some point in time, then we should defiantly take action. However, at this point I see no immediate advantage to indirectly aiding the rebels. The broad and mighty force of the U.S military should refrain from dropping air-born freedom across Syria, for now at least.
Any thoughts or ideas?
The central government of Libya can't take order due to once anti-Gaddafi militias rebelling. Militias are firing on crowds, have taken over the oil-fields of Cyrenaica (where most of Libya's oil comes from, which it is completely dependent upon for it's Libya government, which is highly composed of figures from the Muslim Brotherhood, is soon economy) and a tribal battle is raging 15 miles away from the the Libyan parliament. The to go broke without it's oil profits and powerless to stop the rampant rebellion across the country.
Are Gaddafi and Assad animals? Yes, there is no debate about that. However, these dictators at the very least managed to keep control for most of their years in office and maintain a steady oil market. Although the rebels in each of these country's appear to be desperate freedom fighters, I would challenge that assertion. There is no guarantee that the situation will improve with new extremest in office rather than the old dictators.
For this reason, I've changed my viewpoint about intervention in Syria. If our allies Turkey and Israel are directly threatened by chemical weapons at some point in time, then we should defiantly take action. However, at this point I see no immediate advantage to indirectly aiding the rebels. The broad and mighty force of the U.S military should refrain from dropping air-born freedom across Syria, for now at least.
Any thoughts or ideas?
