Foreign Policy Journal publisher and editor Jeremy R. Hammond discusses the US airstrikes in Libya with Press TV.
Bombing Libya Won’t Solve the Problem, It Is the Problem
Foreign Policy Journal publisher and editor Jeremy R. Hammond discusses the US airstrikes in Libya with Press TV.
I agree that repetition of actions that caused the problems in the first place (i.e. military intervention) should not be seen as the solution here as it seemingly just fuels the fire. However, when it comes to diplomatic and peaceful alternatives – are measures and efforts like this ever truly going to produce lasting results considering the scale and complexity of what is happening? When the very fighters of these groups (large swathes of them) often join them precisely because the lives they had and the armies they fought for previously were made completely redundant by foreign intervention – in those kinds of circumstances…it seems like attempts at peaceful negotiation would produce weak and unsustainable outcomes (which can be said, too, for military action) which means we have to find new approaches.