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Major media promote war on Libya

Freedom's Phoenix Freedom's Phoenix
by Stephen Lendman

03/02/11

When imperial America wants war, peace advocates are shut out by official rhetoric and hawkish media reports supporting militarism, not diplomatic efforts to achieve peace...

http://tinyurl.com/68jgkjs



The essence of Just War Theory

The Partial Observer
by James Leroy Wilson

03/01/11

You wouldn't fight a civil war to uphold a principle or prove a point. You'd fight a civil war only if your survival depends on it. For the same reason, the nation has no business going to war unless its people are threatened. There is no need to get involved or choose sides in foreign wars. There is no need to choose between supporting the government or the people in a foreign revolution. And yet we sacrificed thousands of troops invading two impoverished countries on the other side of the world...

http://partialobserver.com/article.cfm?id=3584


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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In Libya, Diplomacy Could Save Lives and the World Economy

Robert Naiman, Truthout: 'Secretary of State Clinton defended the State Department budget in Congress this week by pointing out that diplomatic interventions can prevent expensive wars. Now, the State Department has a spectacular opportunity to demonstrate Secretary Clinton's argument by example. It can support robust diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis in Libya without a further escalation in violence.'

http://www.truth-out.org/in-libya-diplomacy-could-save-lives-and-world-economy68214



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