IS IT NOW TOO LATE FOR LIBYA AS GADDAFI'S FORCES CLOSE IN ON REBELS IN BENGHAZI

Has the international community left it too late to act on the continuing crisis in Libya?

Gaddafi's army bolstered with African mercenaries have been trying to recapture areas of the country held by rebels pushing for democracy in the country.

Gaddafi's forces are converging on the rebel strong hold of Benghazi as what can only be described as a civil war takes its grip on the Libyan people.

Hope and time is increasingly running out, we have reached a point where it is probably even too late to now act.

But we are involved.

We became involved the minute we called for Gaddafi to step down.

The calls were a sign that we were backing the rebels' cause, yet we have left them to face their ghastly and bloody fate.

The failure of a cohesive response to protect the lives of those standing for democracy is shameful.

Europe has been rendered useless in the face of any diplomatic crisis.

The UN has proved to have no interest in protecting the rights of those who stand for democracy, as permanent members of the security council like Russia and China (which are clearly 'glowing beacon of democracy') are against the idea of enforcing now fly zones.

The US has shown that it is no longer the leading global player in foreign affairs.

President Barack Obama has continued to take a back seat confusing leaders of the UK and France as they wait for a decisive line from the White House.

Prime Minister David Cameron is clearly increasingly frustrated with the President having joined forces with France and Lebanon to push for intervention.

But waiting for Obama to act on Libya has been like waiting for rain to fall in the desert.

Put simply, the wasted time spent waiting for some sort of action from the US has cost lives.

BARAK OBAMA CANNOT CONTINUE TO TAKE A BACK SEAT IN THE 'SPRING AWAKENING' PROTESTS

WHAT has Nobel Peace Prize winner President Barak Obama been doing to help the people of Libya?

It is estimated that more than 2,000 people have died in the protests against Col Muammar Gaddafi and for the most part there has been little intervention from the global community.

The US President and leader of the free world won the peace prize in 2009 for extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and co-operation between peoples.

It was a little premature when awarded and Obama himself acknowledged this saying it was his: 'call to action', but there seems to have been little action so far.

He appears to have taken the option of riding in the back seat with regards to the revolution and protesters demanding regime change in the Arab world.

Being one step behind diplomatically in the 'spring awakening' was starting to develop into a pattern.

It is clear that the President is haunted by the 'ghost of foreign policy past'.

He would not want to be seen to repeat George Bush's bloody enforcement of democracy in the Middle East.

But he should at least be a pillar of strength for protesters and modernisers in the region.

David Cameron also anxious of not wanting to act in a way too similar to Tony Blair has been slow off the mark to act.

However, in a statement to the House of Commons today Cameron said: ' Britain is taking a lead'.

The PM spoke of how British representatives secured a UN Security Council Resolution at the weekend which: 'condemns Gaddafi’s actions, and imposes a travel ban and assets freeze on those at the top of his murderous regime.'

Cameron has acknowledged that the free world needs to act.

He said that the UK is working on plans for a no-fly zone over Libya.

It is clearly difficult to find the right balance whether to take action or leave events to unfold, but when a mad dictator turns on his people with live bullets and airstrike the international community must act.