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Old 19th Mar 2011, 17:25
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Charley
 
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Personally, I find myself leaning towards Pr00ne on this one.

After all, we are there to 'protect civilians'. Apparently, military vehicles are being 'targeted'. Does that mean all military vehicles, or just Gadaffi's? Will we also be protecting those civilians who remain loyal and supportive of Gadaffi?

I'm not so sure... this seems, to me, to be as much about Gadaffi-bashing as it does about noble gestures and being the 'right thing to do'.

Egypt are apparently going to be involved somehow. The same Egypt that has been funding/arming the rebels of late? And they'll be enforcing this NFZ with complete impartiality, I presume?

Forgive me if I'm not convinced about some of the overt motives given for this. Someone put it better on another thread; let's call a spade a spade, and admit we're doing this because we don't like Gadaffi or our oil supplies threatened, so we feel we need to get rid of him.

(That said, I will stand back and see how things pan out -- maybe it will be even and fair and impartial).
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