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Selling the Libyan rebels the rope
There is a famous quote from Lenin that shows a remarkable understanding of the West: The Capitalists will sell us the rope with which we will hang them. Lenin was talking about the urge to do business. And of course … Continue reading →
Krauthammer on Obama’s war by international committee
It’s not just a committee that’s “running” the Libyan excursion, it’s an international committee. Not only that, but Professor Obama is refusing the chairmanship, as Charles Krauthammer points out: And as for the United States, who knows what American policy … Continue reading →
A question for Obama: why Libya, why now?
It used to be fairly easy to determine why the US decided to intervene in conflicts in the third world. Whether a person agreed with such actions or supported a more isolationist policy, the answer to the question “why?” was … Continue reading →
David Warren on Libya: “we don’t know what we are doing”
David Warren isn’t exactly a fan of the intervention in Libya. However, he provides an answer (but is it true?) to my oft-repeated question about who the Libyan “rebels” might be: …[I]n point of fact, the most promising internal opponents … Continue reading →
Who are the Libyan rebels?
Let’s hope this isn’t the answer to the question. [ADDENDUM: I continue to find the Libyan situation puzzling, to say the least. Not only because of the shrouded identity of the rebels, but also the fact that France is taking … Continue reading →
Does anyone knows what’s really going on with Libya?
Because as far as I can see, the situation is in complete confusion. It seems that the US has finally gotten on board with action against Gaddafi. But why now? And is it a case of too little, too late? … Continue reading →
Meanwhile, remember Libya?
Qaddafi does. And he’s making sure that Libya remembers him. Is the fact that Qaddafi is successfully fighting the rebels any sort of surprise? It shouldn’t be. Nothing fundamental has changed in Libya since I wrote this three weeks ago: … Continue reading →
More from Saif Qaddafi and his brother Al-Saadi
I wrote at some length the other day about Qaddifi’s formerly good-guy-reformer son Saif. Here he is, still on the dark side (the Amanpour interview also features his much-less-political brother Al-Saadi): Amanpour points out that although she’s in Libya, she’s … Continue reading →
For neocons: Bolton’s democracy primer on Egypt
John Bolton has written an article suggesting ways in which liberal democracy (rather than the siren song of “one person, one vote, one time,” or Islamiscist control) could come to Egypt, and perhaps even other countries in the Middle East. … Continue reading →
Obama’s lips are sealed on Libya
But why? The most benign interpretation is that he’s learned that anything he does is criticized as well as ineffectual, and so he’s keeping his mouth shut. The in-between interpretation is that he has no idea what would be best … Continue reading →
Libya: if you want to know…
…what the fog of war looks like, it looks like this.
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