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2011-03-17 Africa North

Australia to UNSC: Don't let Libya be next Darfur

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Posted by Steve White 2011-03-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 another failure of the international community to save innocent people

Tell me how many Libyans disapprove of 3 months old Hadas Fogel butchered in her crib, and I'll tell you how many of them are "people", let alone "innocent".

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2011-03-17 05:15|| 2011-03-17 05:15|| Front Page Top

#2 Beware of taking Kevin Rudd's advice: his agenda is the advancement of Kevin Rudd. Something suitably magnificent at the UN preferably, otherwise his old-failed!- job as Prime Minister of Australia will have to do.

Posted by Grunter 2011-03-17 08:18|| 2011-03-17 08:18|| Front Page Top

#3 I am deeply concerned about how the international community will reflect on itself

That's an easy one. The international community, whatever the hell that is, will blame America for not intervening, unless America does intervene, in which case the international community will blame America for intervening. And they'll work the Juices in there somehow.

Posted by Matt 2011-03-17 09:18|| 2011-03-17 09:18|| Front Page Top

#4 The only way to keep whatever side from winning from filling mass graves is to put boots on the ground. A lot of boots. You want to put 500,000 troops in Libya Australia? No? The US sure as hell isn't going to. How about you EU? No?

Then all of you shut your foot intake device/bullshit spewer and worry about problems you can fix. You can't save or regulate everyone and the Libyans will have to work things out on their own.

Posted by DarthVader 2011-03-17 12:16|| 2011-03-17 12:16|| Front Page Top

#5 And Kevin Rudd does not speak for Australia. He doesn't even speak for the Government, despite him being Foreign Minister. This is him grandstanding on the world stage, something dear to his heart, while sabotaging Julia Gillard as Prime Minister.
I am repulsed by these clowns. In a couple of years they have debauched my country's politics.

Posted by Grunter 2011-03-17 16:31|| 2011-03-17 16:31|| Front Page Top

#6 Yeah, Kevni is angling for one of those sweet, sweet UN sinecures, looks like.

Posted by mojo 2011-03-17 17:11|| 2011-03-17 17:11|| Front Page Top

#7 Rwanda: fail. Look back at Darfur: fail.
Great, I love that he not only listens to internet memes, but thinks them appropriate to use in international diplomacy.

Posted by gromky 2011-03-17 19:23|| 2011-03-17 19:23|| Front Page Top

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