This is the kind of story that would have been big news oh... about 2 1/2 years ago. Now, not so much.
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/libya-disabled-children-school-hit-nato-strike-201036691.htmlLibya disabled children school hit in NATO strike
Shattered glass litters the carpet at the Libyan Down's Syndrome Society, and dust covers pictures of grinning children that adorn the hallway, thrown into darkness by a NATO strike early on Saturday.
It was unclear what the target of the strike was, though Libyan officials said it was Muammar Gaddafi himself, who was giving a live television address at the time.
"They maybe wanted to hit the television. This is a non-military, non-governmental building," said Mohammed al-Mehdi, head of the civil societies council, which licenses and oversees civil groups in Libya.
The missile completely destroyed an adjoining office in the compound that houses the government's commission for children.
The force of the blast blew in windows and doors in the parent-funded school for children with Down's Syndrome and officials said it damaged an orphanage on the floor above.
So do we actually have common ground on Libya? A man who the US was very friendly to during his reign, giving him roughly 70 billion in aid over his time. As dictator's go, he seems like a pretty good one. He was building infrastructure for his people with the money as well as bringing in water through a very expensive operation.
This is unfortunately happening right now and recent history can't be muddled as the mainstream so often does without giving all the details and asking the right questions. If we could keep it on just the issue of our forces going into a sovereign country which posed no threat to us or it's neighbors and not project any agenda onto the other it would be beneficial.
I believe one of the strong rationalizations was that he was going to bomb or did bomb a particular bunch of the resistance and/or innocent people and that it couldn't be allowed. Obviously I hate people being killed but it's not a justification that holds any water:
Because
A. We don't do it in Africa where people are constant victims of genocide and
B. That's not what the US Armed Forces mission is in the world.
