The Right Thing

[poliphilo]

I believe it was the right thing to do to challenge Gaddafi.

When a murderous bully is gaining the upper hand- and you're bigger than he is and have a fair chance of stopping him, it's wrong to sit on your hands.

This intervention was possible. And the calculations suggest a fair outcome is likelier than a miserable one. 

I have, in the past, called myself a pacifist. Obviously this was a lie.

Comments

[endlessrarities.livejournal.com]

I just wish I wasn't going on holiday to the Mediterranean next month. The timing ain't good:-0

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Oh dear, no, it ain't.

[endlessrarities.livejournal.com]

And I was worried about Vesuvius...

Sod's law, isn't it??

And after us Scots had the decency to let Magrahi out to die in his home territory, too...

I've got a lot of respect for Messrs. Salmond and Mackaskill for making that decision and taking all the flak from a certain big bully-boy state which shall remain nameless.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

It's Weird how- only the other day- we were doing all we could to butter Gaddafi up.

[endlessrarities.livejournal.com]

And how states which have an equally dodgy human rights record are still getting buttered up...

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

...and some of them are joining us in the alliance against Libya.

[endlessrarities.livejournal.com]

And there was I worrying about Vesuvius.

Sod's law, isn't it?

That's gratitude for you. After we Scots had the decency to let Magrahi go home to end his days with his family, too...

I had a lot of respect for Messrs. Salmond and Mackaskill for that decision, which has brought a lot of flak from a certain big bully boy state which shall remain nameless.