07 March, 2011
Yeah, yeah, Libya.
I have to wonder about the furor surrounding Libya. I understand it's a nutcase bombing his own people. But people have been using helicopter gunships against civilians for years in Darfur. I mean, that isn't mentioning the mounted troops that have been terrorizing people there. So what makes Libya special? Can it really be as simple as oil? I've always found the "blood for oil" arguments to be entirely cynical and largely ignorant of what's really going on (seems to me people change their opinions once they get briefed on something). But what, really, is the difference between these two states in terms of human cost and crimes against humanity?
