The Italians still have not come to terms with the atrocities that they committed in Ethiopia. During 1937 a type of mustard gas was used on civilians by the Italian black shirts; 275,000 Ethiopians were killed by gas or bombs.

“Since the operation against Libya began in March, the U.S., NATO and Qatar have deployed several C-17s to Crete, while Canada is using the small island nation of Malta for its C-17s.

Both islands sit in the Mediterranean Sea north of Libya.
On April 7, Canada announced it would be sending a second C-17 to Malta, along with a naval frigate, 240 sailors and support crew and an elite crew of 13 military reconnaissance soldiers.”

http://www.newsweek.com/2011/04/10/my-years-as-gaddafi-s-nurse.html#

EU foreign ministers on Monday in favor of supporting their own combat forces for the evacuation of refugees from Libyan cities. The regime in Tripoli will prevent this by all means. Anyone other than the Red Cross or Red Crescent will be shot.

The Libyan regime will respond to any relief efforts of the European Union for the city Misrata with force. Besides the Red Cross and Red Crescent, no one was allowed to help, the regime said.

The question is…does he care?

Sadly, it won’t. When people are dehumanised, those who consider themselves human don’t care what happens to them.

@ Etienne Calleja:

“Nevertheless, I fail to understand your reference to moral persons and the dilemmas they face come election time. Honestly, you’ve lost me there”.

It’s just that I’m sick of having to vote for the lesser evil.

@ u jien naf:

Of course it will take time. But it will take more time if Gaddafi stays longer. And of course, Gaddafi’s removal will only be the beginning of the necessary reforms. As for his inner circle, let’s hope justice will be served. But even if not, Libya without Gaddafi is always better than Libya with Gaddafi.

Let’s hope that Libya forgives us for playing “neutral” while Gaddafi butchered their people.