He’s teased ceasefire promises before, but this time Gaddafi may be serious. The Libyan leader’s spokesman has outlined a deal that would pull all of the country’s troops from cities where they’re laying siege to rebels—on the condition that NATO drops its still-intensifying bombing campaign. “The pressure on the Gaddafi regime has increased,” Hillary Clinton told Katie Couric on Thursday. Indeed, the despot’s wife and daughter have fled the country, and NATO crippled the capital’s seaport late Thursday with airstrikes.
No, let's be clear on this to Gaddafi and the world--this time, after bombing and killing the citizens of his own country, the only way out is down. He's got to cede power and turn himself in.
Anything else would be an absurd mockery of justice and anything approaching what's "right".
It would be one thing if he attacked another neighboring country and killed people. Then this might be in question. But he's been killing his own people, in his pathetic attempt to hold on to power.
Gaddafi needs to go.
And then he needs to be tried before a war crimes tribunal.
It would be one thing if he attacked another neighboring country and killed people. Then this might be in question. But he's been killing his own people, in his pathetic attempt to hold on to power.
Gaddafi needs to go.
And then he needs to be tried before a war crimes tribunal.
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