Why some NGOs shit me

So last night, I was watching Newshour with Jim Middleton on ABC News 24. They were doing a story on the use of cluster munitions by Qadaffi loyalists in Misrata. In it, they interviewed Laura Cheeseman from the Cluster Munitions Coalition.

She said:

We've been calling upon Libya to stop using cluster bombs....

Time for a reality check. Libya has been ignoring ENTIRE COUNTRIES with armies that could turn Libya into nothing more than a smoking crater. Why do you think they would listen to a small Non-Governmental Organisation, whilst fighting what is essentially a civil war?

I'm not against the aims of the CMC, but seriously - do you really think an egotistical dictator like Qadaffi is really going to listen to you, when he's been ignoring the UN Security Council, NATO and the United States, all of whom have a lot more influence and - more importantly -  means to back up what it says?