ABOUT A WEEK AGO, THE UNITED STATES AND ITS EUROPEAN ALLIES IMPOSED FULL ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL SANCTIONS ON LIBYA AND PRESIDENT OBAMA WHEN CHALLENGED BY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND THE PRESS ABOUT IMPOSING A NO-FLY ZONE DECLARED THAT NO OPTION WAS OFF THE TABLE.
THE BOMBING OF LIBYA BY FRANCE WITH SUPPORT FROM OTHER NATO MEMBERS, YESTERDAY, AFTER A SPLIT VOTE OF THE U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL ON FRIDAY, MADE THE THREAT A REALITY.
SIGNIFICANTLY, DESPITE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ROBERT GATES STATEMENT EARLIER THIS MONTH THAT A NO FLY ZONE MEANT A MILITARY ATTACK ON LIBYA, FEW HAVE BEEN VOICING OPPOSITION TO THE NEW INTERVENTIONIST ADVENTURE AGAINST YET ANOTHER AFRICAN AND MUSLIM NATION.
IN THE PAST WEEK, WBAI FRED NGUYEN ATTENDED TWO EVENTS IN MANHATTAN WHERE DIVERGING VIEWS WERE EXPRESSED ON THE ROLE WESTERN NATIONS INTEND TO PLAY IN THE POLITICAL CHANGES SWEEPING THE ARAB AND MUSLIM WORLD. HE FILES THIS REPORT:
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