SPECIAL POST
I'm sorry to be a spoiler but, I'd like to know under what grounds of International Law the United States would invade Libya and establish a "no-fly" zone or take other military action.
Granted, with what is going on in Libya in a struggle for freedom against a despot dictator, the impulse is to go to the aid of the rebels. But, I know of no premise in International Law that allows one nation to invade another under these circumstances.
In the case of Iraq, there was a widespread belief that the country had weapons of mass destruction. The United Nations passed a resolution demanding inspections and Iraq refused. The U.N. authorized military action and we, along with several other nations, invaded. But, that is not the case here. There is no authorization for military action by the U.N. Yes, the rebels there have asked us to intervene on their behalf but, if we do intervene are we not opening the door for China to invade the U.S. because the left-wing liberals are protesting in our streets?
Why haven't we invaded Somalia and taken out the hijackers there? They are overtly attacking ships from other countries on the high seas. The reason is that Somalia is a nation and, like Libya, it has certain protections against invasion by International Law.
I think we are treading in dangerous waters. The fact that we are there with our ships could easily be seen as a provocation. We need to rethink what we are doing and how we are going about it.
That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.
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