B-2 bombers in action over Libya - reports

John Forster

Mar 22nd 2011, 21:23

By the comments on here it would seem the majority are for armed intervention in Libya......I can tell you it is not the case with the majority in the UK......Most people see this as a civil war between two armed sides with the inevitable result of casualties to both . Nobody has any time or support for Gaddafi, but the general consensus is that it is a Libyan problem for Libyans to sort out. We do not want another Iraq where the UK people were lied to by politicians to get their way.

Joseph Bartolo

Mar 22nd 2011, 05:39

The Gadaffi Flag - Green Field in reality resembles a land covered by weeds, aka Canabis Sativa, that he and his fellow Gadaffians followers smoke on an semi daily basis :) Yes twice a day. For crying OUT loud Mr Gadaffi leave the Libyan citizens in Peace, Joy, Harmony, Prosperity and Oneness . Just give up and leave in Peace.

Charles.C.Brown

Mar 20th 2011, 16:04

In todays sunday mirror i read that the only surface to air missiles that gaddaffi still got in his arsinal, have a range to reach Malta and sicily but not beyone. So britain and france can sleep tight tonight as for the brave maltese start diggin air raid shelters and get you tin hats out!!

J.Bezzina

Mar 20th 2011, 14:10

Coalition countries taking part in the Libya operation are at the point of no return now. They must seek ways how to take out the Gaddafi regime today before it is to late and this mad dog bites at innocent people like he already did in the Pan Am/ Lockerby attack and more others. This dictator is a treath to innocent people including Libyans.

JOhn Azzopardi

Mar 20th 2011, 13:54

The hope is now that once this all settles, Malta will be able to start drilling it's oil wells as should have rightly done 30 years ago. Let's hope the big powers think of us Maltese when all of this is said and done.

lydia pace workman

Mar 20th 2011, 13:33

One cannot please all the people all of the time! When America plays Big Brother to save innocent lives and help avoid a carnage ( at the expense of its own sacrificed military personnel) It gets blamed for having an ulterior motive. When it tries to stay out of it as long as possible while despots and dictators are killing innocent bystanders, America gets crucified by criticism that it is looking the other way when only the US can help and end a bad situation fast! This simply goes to show that America is damned if it helps and damned if it doesn't. In a Utopic world and if I were President of the US, I would say to each his own, after all, every time the US sticks its neck out it creates a bigger chasm in the national deficit and loses thousands of its brave fighting someone else's war.

G. Curmi

Mar 20th 2011, 13:05

In March 1933, Hitler established Dachau as the first concentration camp to imprison “undesirable” Germans. In March 1936, Hitler invaded the Rhineland. In March 1938, Hitler invaded and annexed Austria. In September 1938, following the Munich Agreement with Hitler, Neville Chamberlain, British PM, declared that the Agreement meant “peace in our time” that lasted less than a month. In October 1938 Hitler invaded the Czechoslovakian Sudetenland. In November 1938, Hitler’s Nazis ransacked Jewish homes, synagogues, and businesses – Kristallnacht. In March 1939, Hitler invaded the rest of Czechoslovakia. In September 1939, Hitler invaded Poland. We know the rest of the story. Out of an overwhelming desire for peace, the western democracies failed d to act against Hitler who first brutalized his own nation, then many others. If Chamberlain and the rest of the “peace-loving” democracies had stood up to Hitler, WWII might have been avoided. Winston Churchill later called it an “avoidable war.” It is about time that democracies stood up to the tin-pot dictator Gaddafi before he kills more Libyans. This “friendly neighbour” deprived Malta of 30 years of potential oil resources when he sent his naval units to threaten a Maltese oil-drilling rig in September 1980.

m,portelli

Mar 20th 2011, 12:34

Obama's America taking a back seat is ? Regime change seems a pervasive American foreign policy goal whatever the consequences and once again the Mediterranean becomes a theater of war. One can begin to see the benefits of a Mediterranean council of nations that actively strives for the best interest of the Mediterranean countries without the neo colonial overtones of that proposed by Sarkozy.This would clearly define the Mediterranean as a region not simply as a space between Europe and the Arab countries.

Marlene F-Hills

Mar 20th 2011, 12:01

How can anyone not call this outright war of destruction. Libya comprising of Cerenaica,Tripolitania and Fazan were joined under the name Libya under the Italians in the early 20thcentury and Gaddafi was the first Arab leader to bring it forward as a nation. Because of the geography of the place it is not easy to govern. The wealth from oil maintained the country's infrastructures and no one paid TAX there. There is a culture of work shyness there hence so many immigrants doing jobs the Libyans don't want to do. How do you expect Gaddafi to feel when he built the country as we know it. I want to see what is FAIR .The West could not care less how many people are killed in this invasion because what's on the Agenda is the toppling of Gaddafi by any means. It is another Iraq.

Stephen Florian

Mar 20th 2011, 11:59

Ghaddafi is getting just what he asked for, what he deserves, so stop moaning all of you !

Albert Farrugia

Mar 20th 2011, 11:55

I see that people now are finally beginning to wake up on what war really means. But what did we expect? I was against this war from the beginning. War is war. There are no limitations you can set on war. This is just an excuse by the Western military powers to flex some muscles.. something which they seem to need to do every so often. Of course its overboard. I mean, this is Libya we are talking about. We have seen what a rag-tag army they have. And this is only the begnning. Wait till we begin to see the first schools and markets being hit. And is this the way to protect civilians_? By destroying their roads, their infrastructure? Sarkozy especially will have a lot to answer for. He wanted this war because he was trailing in the pols to the right-wing party. So he can win their votes. Now we will have to see the big power enjoy themselves as they play with their toys. And who caares abour ordinary Libyan people? Who speaks for them now?

Peter Caruana

Mar 20th 2011, 11:47

The man is mad. There is no doubt about it. He is constantly scheming. In the most critical stage when the UN voted on 1973 he issued a press release calling for a ceasefire. He clearly did this to buy time for his troops to speed away from the open dessert and seek refuge in the populated villages! Now he is showing how desperate and defiant he is in his attempt to cling to the power and wealth he has amassed from oil revenue in 40 years, by giving arms to the people of Tripoli. He does this heinous move to have the people fight his war while he buys more time!
Libya needs to recover from this turmoil and seek a democratic future governance with a new constitution as soon as possible. Unlike Tunisia and Egypt, it comes at a very high price.

Kenneth Grima

Mar 20th 2011, 11:38

Dear gentlemen please, the only one that was abusing was mr.Gaddafi, by lying to his people and to all the international comunity. Now is time to pay. I have to remind you that he was given too much chances and he kept on doing what he wanted abusing of his people's calls by attacking them. He is a man that sustains himself by power. Plus he is a big coward by shielding himself behind few hundred people around his place not to be bombarded. Shame on you all to say that this is too much of an action. He deserves much worse.

joseph saliba

Mar 20th 2011, 11:30

listen, who's getting involved?

CA Miller

Mar 20th 2011, 11:22

I think they should've let the Italians resolve this by passing resolutions.

Ishmael Mizzi

Mar 20th 2011, 10:58

Not true. The Pentagon denied these attacks.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/ts_nm/us_libya

Stephen Forster

Mar 20th 2011, 10:33

Surely this is not a proportionate response, the resolution states a no-fly zone and if a threat is valid against civilians, this just seems to be taking the same line as Iraq part 3

J. Azzopardi

Mar 20th 2011, 10:31

I think that this Western attack on Libya is going somewhat overboard. It's now a show of military power. 112 bombs? Isn't that a bit too much to enforce a no fly zone? Is this going to be another Iraq? I really hope not. I think this is too much and military actions need to be scaled back to their original purpose; monitoring Gaddafi forces.
PS: I'm very glad Malta did not get involved into this