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Originally Posted by Skybird

Premature.

By now we have learned enough about the rebels being not shy to commit crimes against humanity like Gaddafi does, so we should act with self-restraint on legitimating them. We should leave it to declaring that we no longer see Gaddafi as legitimate, then we should wait until they sorted it out who wins and who loses.

And the winner then we can examine wether or not he deserves our respect, or not. That Gaddafi does not deserve our respect, does not mean the rebels automatically deserve it.

The revoluation in Egypt so far has stalled, with the fundamentalist Muslim Brotherhood becoming strongly organised, and the military demonstrating increasing interest in not losing its power. In Tunisia the Islamic fundamentalists are widely feared to claim power. In Gaza and Lebanon, democratic elections brought fundamentalist warmongers to power.

We should leave it to air bombardments of Gaddafi troops. No weapon deliveries. No interference. No pledges of loyalt with the other side. I said that from the beginning of the Libya war.

ITS BECOUSE WEATHER HERE IS TOO DAMN HOT.