General conversation came up today about the events occurring in Libiya with Britain getting involved by initiating and targeting the Libyan government with the latest being a middle attack. It also became apparent how much we as the public are uninformed. We ask so many why's that the lack of a definitive answer yields speculation with in turn becomes rumoured truth. We tend to then get an idea, based on our rumours to piece together what has happened and inevitable we tend to think the worst and blame the government for the result which we've assumed based on what we can piece together. Point I'm making is that people, trained and specifically employed to make tactical decisions, who must consider various inplications are there for a reason. They stop, perform actions and do their job - if their job involves summing up human rights violations, ethics and cost - they do and they can't wait for the public to become experts before they execute the task at hand. Thus, things need to be done without the consensus of the public - because the public aren't experts and they cannot make a consistent, educated plan and lack the skills to execute such things. So it kinda irritates me when people around me 'know why' - it's pure speculation and most often its the single thing that checks all the criteria they have at their disposal which, will be less than that which those at the coal face have.

Why did Libiya get attacked, I don't know until they tell me - but I tell you what I'd rather them do their job, evaluate the risk and value before asking me if that's what they should do. It could be that Britain could not take the stance of letting innocent people in this world being killed just because a dictator can do that. It could be about oil and territory. I don't know. But until the government says why, how can we know why, a day, a hour, a week after it happens - unless they tell us why.

I truly believe in human nature and it is to survive and whatever our government does is so that we have a brewed chance if surviving. Obviously I need to trust that the government and it's experts know more than I do about their various fields and are essentially just and good people, which I feel being in a 1st world country, the public would demand.

My rant is slightly over now and I'm obviously no expert but hey whatever.