I disagree. The left can sometimes be cynical in its support of liberal “humanitarian intervention” like in Kosovo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and now Libya, and it’s astonishing what we don’t learn when the same “manufacturing consent” is repeated in every case where a humanitarian intervention is put on the table.
The demise of a dictator is no good news in itself. Arabs/leftists only need to look at Saddam to figure that out. The narrative has shifted in Libya from revolution to humanitarian intervention back to revolution. We all know that revolution can’t be delivered on a plate, and NATO was supposed to protect civilians, not to take sides in a civil war where both sides committed war crimes. NATO has already created a worse regime in Libya, a client, xenophobic, neoliberal regime that’s going to bring an end to the welfare state that Qaddafi’s Libya has created. Rats are rats. Arabs should be critical of what’s happening. Yes, Libya was part of our intifada, but we should be critical, and if they though that getting rid of Qaddafi was difficuilt, wait till they see how hard it’s going to be to get rid of the NTC
I am truly disgusted that the new Arab world is supporting the new racist Libyans and upholding the new NATO flag. It seems we haven’t learnt anything
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I disagree. The left can sometimes be cynical in its support of liberal “humanitarian intervention” like in Kosovo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and now Libya, and it’s astonishing what we don’t learn when the same “manufacturing consent” is repeated in every case where a humanitarian intervention is put on the table.
The demise of a dictator is no good news in itself. Arabs/leftists only need to look at Saddam to figure that out. The narrative has shifted in Libya from revolution to humanitarian intervention back to revolution. We all know that revolution can’t be delivered on a plate, and NATO was supposed to protect civilians, not to take sides in a civil war where both sides committed war crimes. NATO has already created a worse regime in Libya, a client, xenophobic, neoliberal regime that’s going to bring an end to the welfare state that Qaddafi’s Libya has created. Rats are rats. Arabs should be critical of what’s happening. Yes, Libya was part of our intifada, but we should be critical, and if they though that getting rid of Qaddafi was difficuilt, wait till they see how hard it’s going to be to get rid of the NTC