Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Change is good, you go first!

So William Hague has found his mojo, is telling us all about the inevitable changes going on around the world and is pushing harder for the no fly zone over Libya. Today he told the foreign affairs select committee:
"I urge all to take the right steps so that we show some leadership on this issue and make sure that we can get rid of this regime."
He later accepted that a no-fly zone was not a "simple" answer to Libya's problems but added: "I do think that it is one of the steps we need to take to isolate and pressurize that regime, and to say that we stand with people in Libya, who want to have greater democracy and greater freedom, such as we take for granted in this country."
So now he's back in the swing of things and sounds prepared to push for UK involvement in Libya, even if the UN is against it; due to the, "doctrine of the duty to protect"
I assume he's pushing for a no fly zone and the arming of rebels in Bahrain as well, seeing as the military has moved in and "cleansed" the Pearl roundabout..
Maybe William should finish protecting the Afghans and Iraqis that we are already committed to before biting off another commitment abroad?
But then I am cynical about his posturing over Libya, mainly because I see a more pressing foreign affair going on right now in Japan.

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