Originally posted by Metal BrainI don't think that there is any doubt. I was looking at Al Jazeera yesterday and there is no editorial hint that they disbelieve the attacks of Gaddafi on civilians. There is considerable disquiet about Western forces being used to attack ground based targets, and they wonder why Libya and not Bahrain or Yemen. They do not doubt that Gaddafi has launched a genocidal attack against the sections of his population who wish to see him removed.
How do you know?
Do you have a credible news source to confirm that?
The real question is whether the West have killed civilians in any numbers. Gaddafi is claiming they are, but has the regime has even collected journalists telling them they were going to show them bodies of civilians, driven them round for a while and then dropped them off back at their hotels with fairly lame excuses as to why they'd not seen casualties. The west is sensitive to non-combatant deaths and may try to cover them up, but isn't really in a position to.
While I'm pretty certain the West's motives in this aren't as pure as they claim, I really don't think that they are lieing about Gaddafi's refusal to respect the right of non-combatants to remain non-combatants.
