With western countries posturing for the spoils (clearly ‘self interest’ rules diplomacy and with predominating concerns of market this has dangerous repercussions), this blogger had become a skeptic of western humanitarian concerns. Further the threat of fundamentalists (islamists/other forms) to the world is as dangerous as Sarah Palins of the world (and the system that promotes and thrives on these views), at the end of the day people living in stratified field of ‘freedom’ don’t face the threats at immediate level. It is people in the street who have to pay for these polarizing views. The last one hopes is vested interests (in particular American oil mafia-whose major concern is maintaining wasteful lifestyles and therefore profit) fishing in troubled water.
Thankfully the UN has taken steps and an overwhelming desire to see positive changes in Libya is a good sign. But with megalomaniac around escalation of violence is definitely on the card. This looks like long drawn out war with more civilian deaths.