No, not an invite to rush down to your local KFC but a reflection on the situation in Libya as morning breaks here in the UK.
Gaddafi has spoken of the amazingly quick (for them) and united (no veto from China, Russia and others who abstained) resolution to engage in 'no fly zones' and other involvement stopping short of boots on the ground. His assessment?
"The world has gone mad and we will go mad with them!"
France has said they will be involved 'in hours' and as measures are put in place to protect the people of Libya, we need to pray for this land and its inhabitants, for a balanced and measured intervention and when it's all done ask why the previous government of this land aided Gaddafi in financial, military and other ways.
I don't think the words used by a member of the previous government that spoke of "having to deal with people we would rather not," cut the ice. Libya were probably the greatest supplier of arms, ammunition and explosives to the IRA and the blood of British civilians and military personnel is on their hands.
Integrity and government - strange bedfellows indeed.
Pax
Ps. Looks like we can add Bahrain to the prayer list (along with Japan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nigeria . . . Just pray for the world!)
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"Pray for the World"
Some of us do just that every day.
More necessary than ever now.
I'm would be suprised to hear of integrity and politics in the same sentence. I think that expediency is the only word that can be applied to government these days.
We have known for forty years that the Colonel is a Dictator, that he has made a major contribution to instability in the middle east and further afield - for the most part he was ostracised and ignored, but more recently, expediency allowed us to re-connect and suddenly see all the chances for exploitation of oil, business and possibly arms sales.
Now we see the foolishness of our expediency. We seem incapable of learning the lessons of history, just repeating the same mistakes time after time.
Prayer for the world indeed - for stability, for honesty, integrity and wisdom from politicians and leaders and most of all, care for the poor, vulnerable and downtrodden in the many places where freedom is a non-starter.
Man's freewill has a lot to answer for.
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