Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent)

Does the Tánaiste agree that the attack on Libya has gone on much longer than anticipated? President Obama said it would be a matter of days but it is now into months. Imposing sanctions on Syria is surely a better approach than bombing, as they are doing with Libya. We would all like to see the end of the Gadaffi regime, as we would with many leaders in that region. I am not convinced that bombing is the way to resolve problems. Does the Tánaiste not believe that sanctions would be more effective in the long term and cause considerably less hardship?

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