Abstract:
This year we’ve heard countless references to the so called ‘international community’ with regard to the events taking place in Libya. We were told how the international community expressed concern about Gaddafi’s crackdown on civilians. We were told how the international community was deciding what to do about old Gaddafi. We saw images of important men sitting around at important meetings in Europe, contrasted with footage of a cartoonish super-villain in the Middle East threatening death and destruction. Then we heard the media cheer as the international community ‘finally got its act together’, passed a resolution at the UN Security Council and started bombing Libya to protect its civilians.
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