![]() ![]() Today, massive repression by the Assad dictatorship to subjugate cities and towns in Syria that have risen in revolt against it has also sparked agitation for intervention in the West. Libyan despot Muammar Gaddafi came down hard on civilian protesters, providing the opportunity for the United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to intervene militarily by waging an air war and arming the rebels. Things have not been so simple since then. Armed supporters of the Mubarak regime did attack and even fire on people in Tahrir Square, but a massive crackdown was avoided when the military decided not to take the side of the dictator. In Tunisia and Egypt, the people rose and deposed dictators on their own. ![]() Written in the context of the NATO intervention in Libya that ousted Muammar Gaddafi and led to this death, the essay essentially deals with the same issues that confronts the international community as the US prepares for a unilateral attack on Syria.Įver since the beginning of the Arab Spring ten months ago, our hearts have gone out to citizens seeking to bring down corrupt dictatorships that are a plague on their people. The following essay was published over two years ago in Foreign Policy in Focus (Aug 9, 2011).
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