The UN Finally grows a pair!

HellFireClub · 18-03-2011 12:09AM #1

http://www.breakingnews.ie/world/un-approves-no-fly-zone-over-libya-497675.html

At last, the UN stands up for humanity, this side of millions of people being blown to bits by another insane dictator. They have just approved a no fly zone over Libya and the birds are in the air now to enforce it...

starbelgrade · 18-03-2011 12:11AM

HellFireClub wrote: »

They have just approved a no fly zone over Libya and the birds are in the air now to enforce it...

Fucking hell.

They could at least use aeroplanes.

Aiel · 18-03-2011 12:14AM

As Principal Skinner said "Now do you kids want to be like the real U.N or do you want to squabble and waste time?":).

Absurdum · 18-03-2011 12:15AM

stupid idea

HellFireClub · 18-03-2011 12:17AM

With a bit of luck they'll vapourize that horrible looking tin pot arseh*le Gadaffi and we'll be rid of another one of planet Earth's probems...

johngalway · 18-03-2011 12:17AM

Not before time. Was just thinking this afternoon that the entire war would be over before the UN removed it's finger from it's ass.

KeithAFC · 18-03-2011 12:18AM

Hopefully the rebels can get back up and fight on. Never surrender. Gaddafi has his coming to him.

Morgan Freeman · 18-03-2011 12:19AM

The world is not as I knew it. Time moves fast when you are as old as me.

I've seen many things in my life; the old mill burning down in '59 and Kennedy in '62.

Whats next in this world? One day I will have moved on and you folks will remain to tell the tale. I just hope it will be as extraordinary as all I have overseen.

Red

alchemist33 · 18-03-2011 12:21AM

Good job. But what will they do about Bahrain?

gurramok · 18-03-2011 12:26AM

Gaddffi is an evil bollix, its about time the "UN" did not do another Rwanda and help pro-democracy forces to fight a dictator to prevent a genocide. Funny how Russia and China abstained considering they suppress dissidents.

Its about time the permanent members of the Security council were decided on their democratic credentials rather than who defeated Hitler.

johngalway · 18-03-2011 12:28AM

alchemist33 wrote: »

Good job. But what will they do about Bahrain?

Nothing. They won't upset the Saudi's. As bad as the "Kingdom" is, what's under that particular surface is an awful lot worse.

doomed · 18-03-2011 12:28AM

Too late. Like an ambulance turning up at the funeral.

Mena · 18-03-2011 12:30AM

HellFireClub · 18-03-2011 12:32AM

Imagine where we'd be now if back in 1916 when the Brits circled the GPO with their artillery and started shelling the place, we had a UN mandate that had a pair of Apache's dropping into Talbot Street, right behind Captain Maxwell at the junction there on O' Connell Street as he started bombarding the GPO...

KINGVictor · 18-03-2011 12:45AM

HellFireClub wrote: »

http://www.breakingnews.ie/world/un-approves-no-fly-zone-over-libya-497675.html

At last, the UN stands up for humanity, this side of millions of people being blown to bits by another insane dictator. They have just approved a no fly zone over Libya and the birds are in the air now to enforce it...

I wont exactly put it like that tbh. An earlier intervention could have been misconstrued as an attempt by the west to take advantage of the situation for OIL purposes.

As it is now, especially putting into context Gadafi's remarks about Benghazi in a radio speech earlier, this course of action is timely and quite necessary to say to the least.

18-03-2011 12:51AM

This whole Rebels begging for no-fly zone thing reminded me of these trailers

yes, I realise they're video game trailers.

Yes the premise and conversation is cliched.

Yes, I realise reality is *nothing* like this.

I'm going for the sentiment here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aMsTKHNVCQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bNvn8l0OD8

"All Planes: We're going to take back Gracemaria Libya today!

Seaneh · 18-03-2011 01:06AM

KeithAFC wrote: »

Hopefully the rebels can get back up and fight on. Never surrender. Gaddafi has his coming to him.

Its funny how you support oppressed people using violence against an oppressive government who deny human rights and treat them as sub human and yet you have so much love for Britiania...

Paradox...

OutlawPete · 18-03-2011 01:06AM

Ovaries, balls or breasts?

Seaneh · 18-03-2011 01:11AM

gurramok wrote: »

Gaddffi is an evil bollix, its about time the "UN" did not do another Rwanda and help pro-democracy forces to fight a dictator to prevent a genocide. Funny how Russia and China abstained considering they suppress dissidents.

Its about time the permanent members of the Security council were decided on their democratic credentials rather than who defeated Hitler.

Another Rwanda? Its been happening for over half a Decade in Sudan. The world looks away because the islamic northern government controls the oil fields and export it to the developed world. So nobody cares that government helicopters provide air support to the government armed and funded militias who raid the south every day and agape through Darfur non stop. Murdering and displacing millions of tribesmen and christians.

As long as the oil keeps flowing, nobody gives a ****.

The oil stopped flowing in Lybia, the US, Russia and UK start making noise because they aren't getting their cheap oil anymore.
Time to send in the planes.

18-03-2011 01:16AM

The UN had balls when it went to war with China, no less, in Korea in the 1950s!
Somewhere in between it became toothless

What happened?

SafeSurfer · 18-03-2011 01:20AM

It's funny how some situations get prioritised. Over 300,000 civilians were killed in Darfur and more than 2.5 million displaced since 2003 yet it did not deserve UN intervention. Protests began in Libya on the15th of February and hey presto. Makes you think.

Seaneh · 18-03-2011 01:25AM

SafeSurfer wrote: »

It's funny how some situations get prioritised. Over 300,000 civilians were killed in Darfur and more than 2.5 million displaced since 2003 yet it did not deserve UN intervention. Protests began in Libya on the15th of February and hey presto. Makes you think.

Add the civil war with the christian south since the early 90's...

SafeSurfer · 18-03-2011 01:26AM

Deleted User wrote: »

The UN had balls when it went to war with China, no less, in Korea in the 1950s!
Somewhere in between it became toothless

What happened?

Maybe it had something to do with the Soviet boycott of the UN at the time and the fact that Taiwan and not the People's Republic of China held the Chinese seat on the UN Security Council.

strobe · 18-03-2011 01:27AM

Cha ching!

Dionysus · 18-03-2011 01:48AM

Deleted User wrote: »

The UN had balls when it went to war with China, no less, in Korea in the 1950s!
Somewhere in between it became toothless

What happened?

It was emaciated by the United States of America, which diverted its financial, political and military resources into building up the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation over which it had more control and in the process has, particularly since 1985, starved the United Nations of funding?

Just a wild guess.

Hail 2 Da Thief · 18-03-2011 01:50AM

Thank heavens they're going to rescue the people in Africas most oil rich country just like they helped the people in the worlds second most oil rich country Iraq :rolleyes:

18-03-2011 02:01AM

Dionysus wrote: »

It was emaciated by the United States of America, which diverted its financial, political and military resources into building up the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation over which it had more control and in the process has, particularly since 1985, starved the United Nations of funding?

Just a wild guess.

its always Americas fault :rolleyes:

Yakult · 18-03-2011 02:12AM

Amazing what oil can do for a country.

If their was no oil, its obvious no other nations would give two flying ****s who and how many gets killed.

They should change U.N to U.P

United Pussies.

indioblack · 18-03-2011 02:12AM

Seaneh wrote: »

Its funny how you support oppressed people using violence against an oppressive government who deny human rights and treat them as sub human and yet you have so much love for Britiania...

Paradox...

I agree. Disaster in Japan, crisis in the Middle East and he forgot the Most Oppressed People on Earth.

pragmatic1 · 18-03-2011 02:15AM

Great news.

18-03-2011 02:16AM

In fairness, Libyan Semtex killed many an Irishman back in the 80s.

Gadaffi is the closest thing to an enemy Ireland has.

The UN Finally grows a pair!

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