International Libya action breaks records for speed
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WASHINGTON — The international response to the Libyan crisis has come at warp-like speed compared to past conflicts when military action was bogged down for months, even years, amid endless diplomatic drives.
This time it took just 32 days from the start of the uprising against Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi on Feb. 15 to March 19 when the United Nations passed a resolution allowing for air strikes against regime forces to protect civilians.
A week later and the 28 members of Nato had agreed to take over command of a no-fly zone over Libya, and are readying this week to take full command of the military operation.
“When you think about it, for an organization of 28 states, getting to consensus given where we were just a few days and weeks ago, we moved with extraordinary speed,” a senior US official said..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110331com7.html
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