Violence never resolves an issue, rather leaves a weeping wound

Violence has never resolved an issue, rather it has left a weeping wound that will undoubtedly flare-up again ensuring further distress.



Moamar Gaddafi

 Memories are usually worsened and enriched by time and although a return to confrontation, be it verbal, cultural or violent, may appear new, a cursory look at history will show how the past influences the present.
What had been happening in Libya was simply not decent and what is happening now with Western powers attempting to restore what they see as decency with what is an indecent act appears a contradiction.
Articulation of a workable solution is difficult, if not near-impossible, but the answer is not to be found in killing people and destroying the country’s infrastructure.
History illustrates, repeatedly, that violence will bring a brief period of calm when people, regardless of whether they be the aggressor or those being attacked, are exhausted and retreat from the fray to refresh their resources or consider their wounds.
Once that moment of calm passes, and sometimes it can be years or even decades, a cultural memory will re-ignite stories, right or wrong depending on your view, passed from generation to generation and disenchantment that sees a solution in violence will erupt.
Developed countries have always turned to violence to achieve their aims, and while that brutality is seen to be to mostly people and infrastructure, the real, and largely unseen, damage has been to the world’s finite resources and its biosphere.
What’s happening in Libya is a symptom of how many in the world resolve their difficulties today and so they mostly act with little regard for questions beyond what they can see.
Questions obviously need to be asked about Moamar Gaddafi’s appropriateness as a leader, but to simply demolish his infrastructure to remove him, if not kill him, is equally inappropriate as it simply allows another with similar qualities to fill the void and so the cycle begins again.
Revolutions need not be inculcated by force, rather, with most successful changes such an uprising needs to filter up from the bottom embracing care, compassion and kindness as it assumes control almost by osmosis.