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Libya: What should the West do?
Western leaders ponder the military option in ousting Muammer Gaddafi but François Picard's panel is divided with some saying let the Lybians finish the job themselves.
Omar AMER, Libyan Youth Movement
Simon HENDERSON, Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Francis PERRIN, French newsletter Arab Oil and Gas
Augusta CONCHIGLIA, Afrique-Asie magazine
Produced by Perrine Desplats, Yi Song, Anelise Borges, Louise McWatt


































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Libya: What should the west do?
This problem is not a libyan problem, it is the Arab problem, there is a wind of revolution blowing across the shahara, north Africa to the middle-east, the sound of this wind is strong enough to wake them up from their deep slumber, before this wind of change, the arabs has enjoyed their own way of life, over the years they have proved that they are better ruled by monarchies, dictators and warlords, They denounced democracy which according to them, was invented by the west.
The events of the 21st century has introduced a dramatic twist in global politics which is brought about by present demand for literacy, it has nothing to do with religion, petrolum or western-superemacy, it is natural that anyone who is in a deep sleep will at one point wake up, if he is not dead, this the time for the Arabs and i think the west stuld stay clear.
One man that has refused to be woken by the strong sound of the wind of change is col. Gaddafi, i can hear him snore from here i think he is choked in his snoring in his deep slumber, his son manages to shake him up from his sleep to say a few unguided words, the recent of which was begging all muslims to rise up and fight for him in his attempt to switch to jihad, nobody has told him of the events in Algeria, Tunisa, Egypt, Syria, Bahrain, Yemen to mention but a few.
The west has no buisness changing the direction of the wind of change, there is a hugh price to pay for democracy, not all these countries that thirsts for democracy will succeed some of them will fail, but oppositions can always regroupe and try again and again.
The intervention of the west will not change the way the Arabs perceves them, the west will always be termed as infidels.
In my opinon, i dont think that the west is interested in their petrolum, colonizing or imposing democracy on any country, but the life of one man should be important to another.
Fannen
Helinki