Smoke and mirrors sums up the West response to the Libyan situation. Once again the wonderful ethical West goes marching into another Arab country. More blood on the sand, more preaching about saving the Libyan people, while supporting other vicious dictators across the world. The Libyan regime has been repressing the people of that country for years but we could do business with the dictator, just as we do business with the other dictators in the region, from Bahrain to Saudi Arabia and anywhere else we can make a buck. It is working class blood that will be shed on both sides, but the gains will be to the big corporate bodies in oil, construction and armaments.
Not only a demonization campaign against the Libyan leader, but every form of fraud and propaganda is being used to push for this intervention, including a supposed "vote" by the Arab League supporting the latest U.N. resolution. Left unsaid is the fact that only 11 of the 22 members of the League even attended the meeting, which was held behind closed doors. Two of these 11 attending members, Syria and Algeria, made clear that they were completely opposed to military intervention in Libya.
Meanwhile the corporate media has ignored a resolution by the African Union, representing 53 countries, which adamantly rejected a no-fly zone or other intervention.
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