This post is a continuation of my post “Tip Toe Thru The Humanitarian Minefield” from a couple of days ago……a post about the snow job of humanitarian reasons for war…..once again Bosnia and Somalia were humanitarian situations………. (for those who do not remember history)

I recently read an editorial that asked a couple of good questions…….”Those who say a military attack on Gaddafi’s bases would bolster a democratic opposition movement against a bloody dictatorship must answer the following question: Why are the great powers not applying the same criteria in Afghanistan and Pakistan, where the regimes they back employ brutal violence against any opposition? And what of Bahrain, headquarters of the US Fifth Fleet, where Sheikh al Khalifa has shot down unarmed protesters with Saudi support? What about Gaza, where these same powers stand by as the Israelis massacre Palestinians? What about Yemen, where the Western-backed President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Friday shot dead some 50 protesters?”  (I got this in an email do not know sent it, so if I step on toes I apologize)

All good questions and none have seemed to ask nor answered the questions of why one over many others…..Not a single government or newspaper that supports a military strike against Libya has taken the trouble to explain these glaring contradictions. However, the real target of the violent action against Libya is clear, if one considers the logic of recent events.

The West has lost a couple of key allies in the ME…Tunisia and Egypt, at least for now…..could this be a plan to sure up support in the region?  CYA as it were.

Syria has joined the list of despots that are killing their own people….and since Assad is not our despot will the US intervene?  This will be interesting to see how the West reacts to the Syrian situation…..watch the rhetoric and pray for saner minds…..