*Edited at Moderator request and reposted* :)
Putin says the coalition against Libya has no right to kill Gaddafi. Can anybody argue that he is wrong? There was absolutely no 'proof' Gaddafi committed 'crimes' against anybody. What he did do what threaten to nationalise Libya's oil fields and leave OPEC. He was following the example of Hugo Chavez.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20110426/tts-uk-russia-putin-libya-ca02f96.htmlExcerpt:
"They said they didn't want to kill Gaddafi. Now some officials say, yes, we are trying to kill Gaddafi," Putin said on a visit to Denmark. "Who permitted this, was there any trial? Who took on the right to execute this man, no matter who he is?"
Putin was speaking as Britain and the United States discussed stepping up military pressure on Gaddafi, who has survived more than a month of NATO air strikes.
"The country's whole infrastructure is being destroyed, and in essence one of the warring sides is attacking under the cover of aircraft," Putin said at a news conference after talks with his Danish counterpart Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen.
"When the entire so-called civilised community falls upon a small country with all its might, destroys infrastructure created over generations -- I don't know, is that good or not?" Putin said. "I don't like it."
Much more at link:
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20110426/tts-uk-russia-putin-libya-ca02f96.html