Thursday 24 March 2011

If Not for Intervention, Thousands Would Be Dying

Nicholas Kristof, NYT
This may be a first for the Arab world: An American airman who bailed out over Libya was rescued from his hiding place in a sheep pen by villagers who hugged him, served him juice and thanked him effusively for bombing their country.Even though some villagers were hit by American shrapnel, one gamely told an Associated Press reporter that he bore no grudges. Then, on Wednesday in Benghazi, the major city in eastern Libya whose streets would almost certainly be running with blood now if it weren’t for the American-led military intervention, residents held a “thank you...

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/03/24/if_not_for_intervention_thousands_would_be_dying_252585.html

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