Arming Libyan rebels? The Deaf, Dumb and Blind errors of western leaders

When Chinese Tendai Buddhists introduced the Taoist Koshin belief to Japan in the latter part of the 10th Century, I doubt they could have foreseen that The Three Wise Monkeys who Hear no evil, See no evil, Speak no evil, could be used so interchangeably with being “deaf, dumb and blind.”. Yet as the beltway fiercely debates arming Libya’s rebels, that ancient proverb, and it’s familiar visual of the three monkeys comes to mind… and not quite in the way the Buddhists’ intended.