The Libyan intervention will have unintended consequence. The low bar that is now set for UN intervention could possible lead to international coalitions attacking nations they don’t like. Turkish Deputy PM Bülent Arınç recently commented that the UN should enforce resolutions against Israel. He is all but calling for a UN lead attack on Israel.
After assuring both Libyans and Turks that Turkey was not involved in airstrikes on Libya, Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç, of Turkey, said, “We wish that the United Nations had made such resolutions and countries had taken action in the face of incidents in Gaza, Palestine and the other regions.
This is exactly the problem I thought might arise from President Obama’s endorsement of the trendy principle of “Responsibility to Protect”. In yesterday’s blog, “The Rise of Samantha Power and the risks for the American-Israel relationship,” I speculated that the rationale Obama adopted to bomb Libya bore the risks of others adopting the same “principle” to justify punishing, if not bombing, Israel.
Read the rest: Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister calls for bombing of Israel
This speaks volumes to how this UN action against Libya will be used. It’s possible in the next Israel-Islamist war that a no fly zone will be ordered, thus attempting to prevent Israeli air supremacy over the battlefield. Clearly this is the Turkish Deputy PM’s wishes.
(Hat Tip: Da_Beerfreak)
Rodan Commentary:
This action against Libya will have other unintended consequences. Libya was the model of a rogue state that gave up it’s WMD program. It was rewarded by integration into the global economic system. Libya’s intelligence assisted the CIA against Al-Qaeda. Qaddafi paid money in restitution for the Lockerbie bombing. He was living up to his part of the agreement. By attacking Libya other rogue states will not give up their weapons. No one will trust us and an agreement signed with the US will be viewed as only good one Presidential term. The repercussions will be unforeseen.
Tags: Col. Mumar Qaddafi, Libyan War, UN
