Before starting off, I apologize for the lack of updates recently. Bridge and work has been keeping me from having enough free time to spend in front of the computer typing. But lets get down to business.

I figure that by now, everyone would have known about the situation in Libya. Of how Gaddafi has been terrorizing the rebels, and that a civil war has basically broken out in the country.

But talking about that would be boring. What I could like to write about this time is perhaps a bit more controversial.

Personally, I think that the willingness portrayed by the UN, France and the United Kingdom to intervene in the crisis in Libya, extremely scary. Sure, Gaddafi is violating human rights, and Libya is part of the United Nations, but such enthusiasm in intervening into another countries issue by the UN and non-US or Russia is unheard of!

Say what you want, but in the end, such intervention can either lead to 2 scenarios. Either that Gaddafi completely surrenders, and that there would be less deaths all around, or that it would escalate the civil war, leading to more deaths both sides, and even including soldiers from the participating countries as well.

If Gaddafi can start a civil war within his own country when he could have simply tried harder to pacify its people (Much like the other Middle Eastern Countries), would you think that the first scenario is likely?

But less about the act of intervening. What that is possibly the most interesting about the situation is the enthusiasm involved. Surely the US and China would want to stay as far away from this situation as possible, and the same goes for Italy, given Libya is one of its largest trading partner. What baffles me however, is the enthusiasm showed by UK and France in going for Gaddafi's throat.

Say what you want, this is a violation of a country's sovereignty. What we have is a civil war within Libya. There exists rebels, but also a side that supports Gaddafi, what that is commonly forgotten. It is true that the methods that has been employed by the dictator has been a violation of human rights, but is that a reason for intervention into what is essentially a country's own problem? Especially when this intervention is most probably going to be leading to more bloodshed? Mind you, even if Gaddafi is ousted, what comes after that? Suppose the rebels come into power, who will help the country move into a democratic one? Mostly like the French and Brits will throw it to the Italians, who will complain, accept the job, and do it half-assedly.

Something has to be done, and military intervention probably ranks quite low down the list.