Gaddafi disguises helicopters with red cross to drop mines in Misrata port
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They are probably going to use "humanitarian bullets" soon
To be honest while I usually like jumping on the US dislike bandwagon myself often as well, in this case I think the US actually had a secondary role politically.
The primary instigator was France and it's imho their show to the middle east that they are willing to get their hands dirty. Coupled with the relatively strongly (not officially) anti islam laws I think they're doing their best to come of as stronger than they are currently seen.
While Libya itself wasn't a directly Islamic county, they are in the right tactical area for them to make that show of force.
[QUOTE=wraithcat;29723222]To be honest while I usually like jumping on the US dislike bandwagon myself often as well, in this case I think the US actually had a secondary role politically.
The primary instigator was France and it's imho their show to the middle east that they are willing to get their hands dirty. Coupled with the relatively strongly (not officially) anti islam laws I think they're doing their best to come of as stronger than they are currently seen.
While Libya itself wasn't a directly Islamic county, they are in the right tactical area for them to make that show of force.[/QUOTE]
I would argue that the anti-burqa laws in France aren't solely targeted towards Muslim women, nor is it anti-cultural, it just so happen that people just jump to this conclusion and assume France is xenophobic.
Telling people to not wear burqas in public would be a great ease on law enforcement when they're dealing with criminals that take advantage of wearing a traditional Islamic attire that consists of covering the entire face of the subject.
Though then again, once the media blew this out criminals may end up doing this because the media gave them the idea of doing so.
We call that a war crime where we're from.
[QUOTE=CabooseRvB;29727251]I would argue that the anti-burqa laws in France aren't solely targeted towards Muslim women, nor is it anti-cultural, it just so happen that people just jump to this conclusion and assume France is xenophobic.
Telling people to not wear burqas in public would be a great ease on law enforcement when they're dealing with criminals that take advantage of wearing a traditional Islamic attire that consists of covering the entire face of the subject.
Though then again, once the media blew this out criminals may end up doing this because the media gave them the idea of doing so.[/QUOTE]
I wouldn't go as far as calling it xenophobic but it follows a trend of certain anti specific group policies happening more or less everywhere across Europe. Or if not the policies themselves are happening there's quickly rising public support for them. The had some pretty large issues in the past so I'd say this is one of the reactions.
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