He demonstrated many of the same problems, but he is much smoother than Gov Romney and comes off as a statesman. He is very dangerously shilling for war with Iran. He assumes implicitly the virtue of US hegemony.
I hope you are not putting everyone who objected to the means by which Qaddafi's regime was opposed into the the category of those who "opposed practical steps to keep him from slaughtering the protest movement."
I certainly did not consider Qaddafi a progressive revolutionary. I simply believe that there were more limited measures which could have limited the violence and eventually led to the Libyan people's freedom. Moreover, NATO military intervention does not address the root of the problem, namely the continued support of the developed world to regimes which allow it to extract as much profit as possible (KSA, Bahrain) or fulfill some anti-labor, security agenda (Yemen, Colombia).
Why advocate any US military intervention? Violence is not a solution to violence.
Another reason is that Graham is a warmonger and a colonialist. This is what he said about Egypt on October 1, 2012 in North Augusta.
http://aymplaying.wordpress.com/2012/10/02/senator-lindsey-graham-of-southcarolina-has/
Yesterday, Senator Lindsay Graham of South Carolina spoke in North Augusta. Here is the recording of the Q&A period.
http://aymanfadel.tumblr.com/post/32702625420/audio-recording-of-sen-lindsey-graham-grahamblog
He demonstrated many of the same problems, but he is much smoother than Gov Romney and comes off as a statesman. He is very dangerously shilling for war with Iran. He assumes implicitly the virtue of US hegemony.
I hope you are not putting everyone who objected to the means by which Qaddafi's regime was opposed into the the category of those who "opposed practical steps to keep him from slaughtering the protest movement."
I certainly did not consider Qaddafi a progressive revolutionary. I simply believe that there were more limited measures which could have limited the violence and eventually led to the Libyan people's freedom. Moreover, NATO military intervention does not address the root of the problem, namely the continued support of the developed world to regimes which allow it to extract as much profit as possible (KSA, Bahrain) or fulfill some anti-labor, security agenda (Yemen, Colombia).
Professor Cole, do you have an opinion on Jonathan Riley-Smith's book The Crusades, Christianity and Islam.
I'd written a review. Later on, I learned that Professor Riley was a member of the Knights of Malta.
http://muslimmediareview.blogspot.com/2009/11/review-crusades-christianity-and-islam.html