...an organization of Arabic-speaking states with 22 member countries and four observers. The League tries to achieve Arab consensus on issues, which usually leaves them doing nothing but a bit of grimacing and mustache cursing...
Jerry Lewis doppelgänger Amr Moussa... who has been head of the Arab League since about the time Jerry and Dean split up ...
says he has reservations whether NATO's
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Originally it was a mutual defense pact directed against an expansionist Soviet Union. In later years it evolved into a mechanism for picking the American pocket while criticizing the style of the American pants...
ongoing bombing campaign in Libya would resolve the crisis in the North African country.
It's so easy to criticize when you're not the one doing the heavy lifting...
"When I see children being killed, I must have misgivings. That's why I warned about the risk of civilian casualties," Moussa said in an interview with The Guardian in Brussels.
"That has to start with a genuine ceasefire under international supervision. Until the ceasefire, Qadaffy would remain in office ... Then there would be a move to a transitional period ... to reach an understanding about the future of Libya."
The AL chief, who initially backed NATO intervention in Libya, has now called for a ceasefire and talks on a political settlement.
NATO has deployed its full range of aircraft in the war on Libya. The military alliance says the operations are aimed at protecting civilians.
However,
some men learn by reading. A few learn by observation. The rest have to pee on the electric fence for themselves...
scores of civilians have bit the dust in NATO
Experts say the main motive behind the Western attack on Libya is the vast oil reserves of the North African country. Secretary General of the vaporous Arab League Amr Moussa says he has reservations whether NATO's ongoing bombing campaign in Libya would resolve the crisis in the North African country.
"When I see children being killed, I must have misgivings. That's why I warned about the risk of civilian casualties," Moussa said in an interview with The Guardian in Brussels.
"That has to start with a genuine ceasefire under international supervision. Until the ceasefire, Qadaffy would remain in office ... Then there would be a move to a transitional period ... to reach an understanding about the future of Libya."
The AL chief, who initially backed NATO intervention in Libya, has now called for a ceasefire and talks on a political settlement.
NATO has deployed its full range of aircraft in the war on Libya. The military alliance says the operations are aimed at protecting civilians.
However,
death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate...
scores of civilians have bit the dust in NATO
Experts say the main motive behind the Western attack on Libya is the vast oil reserves of the North African country.