Blog #6, Qaddafi has Time to Kill as U.N. Prepares

Ryne Purvis
Feb. 25, 2011
3:35 PM

President Obama and his administration will be considering all available options in confronting Muammar al-Qaddafi. Qaddafi is currently killing his own citizens as civil war is occuring in Libya. Option one in Obama's eyes is to look to the U.N. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton is in Geneva for a meeting of the U.N. Human Rights Council to discuss the Libyan massacre. A big part of that council will be to determine Libya's status as a member of the council now that these atrocities have occured there. The goal is for the council to come to a decision of action quickly as to avoid slow response like there was in Sudan. Some, like Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, think that the United States is interested in Libya for its oil and not protection of its people. Qaddafi is currently attempting to secure the south and west portions of the country with his army and probably entrench himself there. It seems as though he is planning an ethnic purge of any groups of people that he deems disloyal to him. America is also concerned for about 600 Americans that are waiting to evacuate Tripoli. A heavy storm is halting their evacuation and capture by Qaddafi is a real possibility.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/02/24/qaddafi-time-kill-prepares-meet/