Muammar Gaddafi has been in power in Libya for many years. His leadership position can be compared to that of Saddam Hussein in Iraq, or Kim Jong Il in North Korea.
However it has only been recently that people have started to notice the terrible things that he has been doing to his people. It wasn't until the people of Libya stood up on their own and brought attention to the corruption that plagued their country. To this we should ask ourselves, why did we involve ourselves in Iraq? If we claim that it was for the good of the people of Iraq, then why did it take us so long to notice Libya?
At least now the U.N. is stepping in and starting to hold Gaddafi accountable for the terrible things he has done. Late is better than never even in this situation. Even though it only took several days of Gaddafi bombing his own people to convince the world to get involved. Maybe if we purchased more oil from Libya they would have gotten help a little faster. This may sound terrible, and in a perfect world we would think that it wouldn't matter about whether or not persecution in some part of the world would directly affect us before we jump in and help but sadly enough we do not live in a perfect world and that is inevitably one of the main questions that is asked before getting involved in any problems around the world.
By Ben Stevenson
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