Peace plans for Libya doomed to failure

The hopes of peace in Libya have been dashed for the time being after the rebels rejected as inadequate a plan drawn up by the African Union that had been accepted by Gaddafi. In the opinion of the conservative daily Lidové noviny the plan was doomed to fail from the outset: "If there is a sensible solution it has to be an African or Arab one. If the West tries to do this there will soon be talk of imperialism, colonialism or even a crusade. ... The African Union's plan could never have worked because both belong to Africa: the rebels and Gaddafi. The plan was aimed not at Gaddafi's stepping down but at an agreement with the rebels. Who would bet on such a plan working? The African Union however, has no other option. It has neither military power nor money. And if it does have money it comes from Gaddafi, the founding father of this Union."

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