Here's a link to a column

• At 04:25am on 23rd Mar 2011, GH1618 wrote:
  Here's a link to a column I enjoyed from the Ghanaian Times: Would Africa Miss Gaddafi if he Went?
  
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• 70. At 04:28am on 23rd Mar 2011, Chris-TH wrote:
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  Stupid me, I should have looked up the word ceasefire before I asked my question. So that is what I did. I think that Webster is a good source?
  
  "A state of peace agreed to between opponents so they can discuss peace terms."
  
  BTW I served the UN Peacekeeping Forces, and lost colleagues during our efforts to keep waring parties apart.
  As far as I know this is the first resolution since the Korean war that is being used to choose side in an internal conflict. I'm not very "fond" of Col. G. (I had a friend executed back in 1984), and would like to see him disappear from the International/National scene, but I'm just as DISGUSTED by the "rape" of the UN charter.
  
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• 71. At 04:33am on 23rd Mar 2011, hab wrote:
  What is UN doing about Sudan, Ivory Coast, Syria, Burma, Yemen etc ain't they fighting, are Civilians not be killed, why a they not having NO FLY ZONE?? I wish to witness a No Fly Zone in those Countries if what UN is doing to Libya is right , as no one is above the law if that is the case then the right thing must be done to all those countries ,as we human fight for equal justice ,which I know it ll never work nor happen ...This is because they are not rich of minerals , is because they are going to loose lot of $$$ without gain anything from those countries, all what they say is we are protecting Civilians ..come on we ain't stupid ....what happen when a missiles are shoot .. Does it kills Animals or Civilians ????? A those people being injured and killed not Libyans??? So who are they protecting now ???? we all notice they target there is to get rid of Gaddafi and take Libyans Oil.... In time of history to my experiences i think this is my first time hearing and seeing countries supporting Rebels due to Oil...
  
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• 72. At 04:43am on 23rd Mar 2011, Bob Ezergailis wrote:
  Mark, Libya, in its internal battle between its hard won and hard to maintain socialist government, and its insurgent challengers, is a big landmine that those who have joined in, in the "UN sanctioned" attack against Libyan government military forces have stepped directly on. Colonel Gaddafi is no fool, despite what some tend to think of him. Cultural differences play a role, but so does his deep love for Libya, and for the political and socialist values that he has always remained attached to, despite the frustrating obstacles to their implementation. Like Fidel Castro in Cuba, Colonel Gaddafi remembers his long ago frustrated dreams, even more frustrated by what he sees as being adverse changes in the world situation and its politics, and has a deep desire to have some effect on the larger situation. We now see a peculiar, occulted, dialogue between Russia's leaders, in their statements on the situation, and Colonel Gaddafi's most recent pronouncements. There is more than a synchronicity, as both sides wait for the next move, watching intently and critically, but from a viewpoint that is largely shared. Depending on what happens next the wedge that Libya is becoming, between east and west, could ultimately plunge the world into a new Cold War, but one where the division of civilizations and its play for support from other parts of the world now stands in a very different balance. A balance created by a feeling of deep betrayals, and failures as to fundamental, non negotiable, principles. We are at the possibility of the most dangerous turning point in world history since WWII.
  Of course it will help to moderate the situation if NATO steps back and stays completely out of this one. At least that would alleviate another potential source of even deeper feelings of betrayal and duplicity. We can only hope.