Too Little, Too Late

This one is too focused to ignore, too right on, too near the essence:

"If protecting civilians from evil dictators was the goal, though -- as opposed to, say, safeguarding natural resources and the investments of major oil companies -- there’s an easier, safer way than aerial bombardment for the U.S. and its allies to consider: simply stop arming and propping up evil dictators. After all, Libya's Muammar Gaddafi reaped the benefits from Western nations all too eager to cozy up to and rehabilitate the image of a dictator with oil, with those denouncing him today as a murderous tyrant just a matter of weeks ago selling him the very arms his regime has been using to suppress the rebellion against it."

Here is the rest of the story from Benjamin and Davis at CommonDreams.

I know I said I wasn't going to post much from the leftist press because you already know the truth. But this piece hits the mark in so many ways I couldn't resist.


TS