Libya: Benghazi unrest, to Civil War, to a new government and Gaddafi's death.

[Christin Herring]

Gadhafi has already been in power for over 42 years. Moreover, his regime has been suspected of kidnapping, detaining, as well as innumerable counts of secret murders, which is not at all unlike Stalin over half a century ago. Gadhafi only adopted a more conciliatory stance towards the western nations in 2003 because he was afraid of suffering the same fate as Saddam Hussein in Iraq. He is a coward, as well as a monster. He attacks his own people with machine guns and tanks, and then pitifully attempts to cover it up in front of the international community. It is the very duty of the United Nations to destroy this kind of regime, because it was to depose this kind of totalitarianism that both World War II and the Cold War were fought. Therefore, the United Nations should not be using timid and indecisive tactics like the no fly zone and military sanctions on both sides, but should be directly arming the rebels. There should be no compromise with a dictator like Gadhafi, just as there was no compromise with Hitler. Waiting for the political winds to blow for firmer military action will only prolong and increase the bloodshed, the international community must act, and act now.