Moammar Gadhafi's government has promised the U.N. access to the besieged rebel city of Misrata, a senior U.N. official said Monday, following weeks of heavy shelling of the city by Libyan government forces.
Such access is part of an agreement, reached Sunday, to enable the U.N. to deliver humanitarian aid in western areas of Libya under Gadhafi's control. The U.N. has already set up an aid operation in rebel-run eastern Libya.
Libyan government spokesman Moussa Ibrahim confirmed that the deal with the U.N. includes setting up a humanitarian corridor to Misrata, a city of 300,000 and the sole rebel holdout in Gadhafi-controlled western Libya. "The agreement is to provide safe passage for people to leave Misrata, to provide aid, food and medicine," Ibrahim said late Sunday.
Apparently, no voting is even required to do this. It won't be long before there is a ceasefire with Khaddafi still standing. I mean, really, with Britain and France running out of smart bombs and missiles, what could they do to stop it?
This is what happens when we contract our wars to the sainted international community. President Obama says Khaddafi has to go. But the UN won't back that assertion. If Khaddafi promises to allow aid through and stop attacking cities, there will be a ceasefire. The only question is whether Khaddafi controls Misrata or Ajdabiya when the ceasefire takes effect.
