Japan's Earthquake Sidetracks Libyan Crisis |
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Friday, 18 March 2011 08:45 | |||
JGL Eye By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© Journal Group Link International) C HICAGO (jGLi) – The Disaster in As misfortunes go, this will probably be one of those moments that will melt everybody’s heart and would prompt us to extend whatever help we can give. Even if a country is as rich as Like
Aside from earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, the But what makes NO NUCLEAR PLANTS IN DISASTER-PRONE, CROWDED AREAS B ecause this appears to be the first time that an earthquake triggered nuclear-plants crises, the disaster in Japan should prod nuclear-plant builders to reconsider building nuclear facilities in crowded places and in areas often visited by earthquakes, typhoons and volcanic eruptions. The One of the biggest earthquakes that struck the An estimated 1,621 people were killed in the earthquake, most of the fatalities located in I’m sure Japan was among the first to extend humanitarian assistance to the Philippines when the Philippines was struck by this great earthquake comparable to the 1906 San Francisco's "7.7 to 8.25" magnitude-scale earthquake, whose death toll rose to 3,000 following the resulting fire, making it the greatest loss of life from a natural disaster in California's history and the 2008 Sichuan earthquake in China measuring 7.9 to 8.0 in magnitude scale that killed at least 68,000 people. As always the challenge is to come up with engineering structures that could withstand these kinds of natural catastrophes. There is no other way out. EVIL TRIUMPHS WHEN GOOD MEN DO NOTHING J ust imagine if This tragedy should have been relegated to the back pages so world attention can be focused to resolve the Libyan crisis. As a result of the crisis in The United States and Europe have led the lobby to impose a no-flight zone over Libya with the support of the Organization of the Islamic Conference and the Gulf Cooperation Council. The United Nations Security Council decided yesterday to put it in place. But something else that never happened before has taken shape. The Arab League, a known anti-American bloc, asked also the UN Security Council to impose a no-flight zone in If the international community will band together against el-Qaddafi by crippling his aerial firepower, there is a good chance that he will leave office like Prime Minister Hosni Mubarak of By seizing the moment, the Otherwise, President Obama will fall into the trap that Irish political philosopher, Edmund Burke described: “All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.” # # # Editor’s Note: To contact the author, please e-mail him at: (lariosa_jos@sbcglobal.net)
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