The UN and other countries should interfere militarily in Libya.

I agree with your definition of military intervention. Point I: The point you make about human rights violations occurring in various nations without any attention brought to them is an excellent point. However, that is another debate for another day. For the time being, one should focus only on Libya and it's singular situation. Also note, that a rebellion does not justify for a ruler killing his people. And by people we can identify quite a list of people Gaddafi has placed in danger. First and foremost, I would say the victims are people and not just any people but those who have simply exercised their inalienable right to free speech (1)(2). Also note that if you find this argument disagreeable, Article III of the Convention of Genocide (3) states the following points are also punishable "(a) Genocide; (b) Conspiracy to commit genocide; (c) Direct and public incitement to commit genocide; (d) Attempt to commit genocide; (e) Complicity in genocide." The two points that stick out to me are C and D. Gaddafi threatened to fight until the last drop of blood (4) and ordered his army to shoot at unarmed civilians (5) and ordered mercenaries to kill the Libyans when his army would not to do so (6)(7). His actions have constituted for both A and B an hereby this makes him punishable. He obviously cannot not be told to remove himself from office over some tea and cakes and in this situation military force in the only way left. Point II: Once again we should not judge current actions based on past failures especially when at this moment as I type of this argument and as politicians are debating no-fly zones and military intervention, millions of people are dying. This statement was not said to be over dramatic. But to bring about a very important different between Afghanistan and Libya. The situation in Afghanistan is more complex and sometimes spills over to Pakistan and involved such forces as the Taliban(8).The situation in Libya is similar to that of the French Revolutions. Blood will be spilled until someone decides to walk into the battle field and assist the side that needs help which is obviously the civilian side. Point III: "Is bringing one government to justice for their human rights violations really worth thousands of innocent lives? " We are not only bringing the government to justice we are also liberating the people who have been oppressed by him for several decades. Though I do not have a link to the actual video, there was an interview held on Libyan state TV several days ago in which a doctor was being interrogated. Not only was the fear and anxiety present in the doctor's voice, he was also forced to say simply that Libya was "perfectly OK". What struck me more surprising was how picky the interviewer was over foreign doctors. The Libyan government is scared of anything that will come from the outside in and that fear in the form of military intervention is necessary to crush them and liberate Libya. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ (1)http://www.genocideintervention.net... (2)http://www.un.org... (3)http://www.hrweb.org... (4)http://www.shout-africa.com... (5)http://www.yalibnan.com... (6)http://thestar.com.my... (7)http://www.telegraph.co.uk... (8)http://www.nato.int...