Do you agree with military action in Libya (poll included.

Changing your dictator every few years is hardly freedom.

Whether you like him or not, and I mostly don't, he shown leadership on this issue.

Absolutely disagree.

This is a colonial war just like Iraq and Afghanistan.

And it's funny how they're all calling him a 'dictator'.
He didn't become one overnight!
Such hypocrisy it's a joke.

Libya because it is a civil war with armed pro-democracy revolutionaries against a dictator who has freely admitted that he is going to "punish" all those who stood against him. And the rebels asked for international intervention.

Bahrain and Saudi Arabia are just protests at the moment and even thought they are being violently repressed, they haven't taken control of half the country, they haven't asked for international intervention. The situations are totally different.

Which is something a lot of people on this forum don't seem to understand: All international situations are individual, there is no template action to be taken, each must be examined individually.

Sorry, has running the country suddenly become The X Factor? Out of all the politicians desperate to become PM, whoever actually gets the job should show leadership at all times and be an all round perfect leader. Not occasionaly showing a 'spark of genius' like a trophy to add to the leadership cabinet.

The complacency of this country despairs me.

looool ohnoes communist is such a bad word! Run for cover! Kind of like capatalist, really.

Those who are actually poor don't need petrol because they're struggling to stay alive.

Where the hell did I mention the X-factor? Did Gordon Brown show leadership at all times, it does take time to grow into a job. I'm sure if he had a Tory majority behind him I would like more of the decisions he made.

The rebels do not represent the thoughts of Libya as a whole, a lot of people forget that Gaddafi still has many supporters.
Bahrain and Saudi Arabia are not just protests, many people are being killed now. It may not be on the scale of Libya yet but it eventually will be and so will Britain intervene then because nobody's answered that question.

My god!!! ......such paranoia to communism.......paranoia to guys like stalin is ok i guess......but then capitalism has its villains too.....

We have democracy in this country. Are you saying there's no difference between voting Gordon Brown into power and voting Nick Griffin into power? Both would have very different ruling styles with very different values, policies and intentions. It's clear that having the ability to choose between leaders of such polarised values is freedom. Having the ability to choose between leaders at all is a situation of greater freedom than not having the ability.

No I mentioned it because that seems to be the general concensus when it comes to anything in this silly country now. Let's try a little and see what happens but let's not go out of our way.

If you're going to run a country and tell us all what to do, at the very least I expect you to be working all hours and perfect in the job from day 1. He's been there almost a year now, and is a poor version of Blair.

And the majority of North Koreans are happy with their dictator. Does that immediately mean that they shouldn't even be given the chance to change it? Having the freedom to choose the leader of your country comes hand in hand with being happy with your leader. It's all well and good being happy with your leader, but having the chance to vote to change the leader is more important.

In my original post I only wrote what I thought of him. I am sure he works hard everyday, just like I am sure that all PMs before him used to. I just said that I liked the way he led on this issue, and I am someone who is not impressed by the some of the policies he has undertaken.

The rebels represent the majority of the Libyan people, how else do you explain the fact that they took pretty much the whole of the country, bar Tripoli and Sirte, the only two towns where people are openly in support of Gaddafi?

Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Yemen are not yet armed revolutions, if and when they are then I would fully support an international intervention if it was asked for by the pro-democracy revolutionaries.

With Muslim support.....

They are calling it a crusade. Must be the first crusade to have Muslims involved

Gordon Brown was never voted into power. And it isn't a choice between polarised values, it's a choice between conservative and labour, whose policies are broadly the same. Representative democracy is a great way to give people the illusion of freedom since the majority of the country are morons, Murdoch tells them who to vote for and they do as they are told.

I don't believe in representative democracy because it hands the power over to morons to choose their dictator.

Absolutely disagree.

This is a colonial war just like Iraq and Afghanistan.