I remember very vividly the start of the second American invasion of Iraq. After months of protesting and rallying for peace, there was nothing to do but sit helplessly and cry while reports of death and destruction streamed in through the Internet. Since then, the long and drawn out military occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan has led to a complete tarnishment of the United States’ reputation.
So now that the US and other Western powers have intervened in the conflict in Libya, how can we trust them? The short answer is that we don’t. But that doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t judge the action on its own merits.
