People are dying all over the world, yet media outlets everywhere have focused their attentions on the rioting countries in Africa. The most recent, and possibly the most controversial, are the riots in Libya. And unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past couple of months, you’ve probably heard all about it.

To sum it all up, their president of forty years, Muammar el-Gadahfi, is finally being challenged. He is corrupt and ruthless, ready to have the streets of Libya flow with his people’s blood just to stay in power. He’s commanded the Libyan air force to fire on peaceful protestors.

And really proving he’s senile; he claims that there are no riots in his country, and that all his people love him.

President Barack Obama has stated that Gadhafi must step down. Currently, Gadhafi has little to no international support left, yet no desire to leave office. So now the international community is faced with a problem—to intervene or not to intervene?

Leaders have decided to intervene and I am very much against it. 

African countries are known to be very unstable and every time something goes wrong, their old colonizers step in to solve the problem. Mostly, because these African countries hold a vast amount of oil.

Maybe you’ve noticed the sudden rise of gas prices since the riots started. 

But these interventions can’t be done anymore. The international community needs to stop holding the hands of African countries.

A strong country is born out of its struggles and previous errors, and it grows stronger every time it’s own people triumph over their dilemmas.

I don’t think the time has come yet to formally plant troops—U.S. or otherwise—on Libyan soil. Although I’m completely against Gadhafi, I believe we should watch and see how things are playing out.

Yes, the deaths are going to escalate, but in the end, when Gadhafi is gone and the people of Libya get a president they can trust in, it’ll be worth it. 

America’s history shows that a county can overcome their trials and tribulations without heavy international intervention and still emerge to be great. If it can be done here, it can be done anywhere, especially in Libya.