Thursday 24 March 2011

Libya

What on earth is going on in the Middle East? Whilst we have been talking tough about dealing with murderous Muslims and then doing all we can to make them comfortable, it seems that a lot of these Muslims are not as enamoured of their leaders as we think. Millionaire playboy Osama bin Laden may think that Muslims are crying out for strong autocratic leadership, but maybe that isn't so.

But the question remains, why have we intervened in Libya? We seem happy for Mugabe to kill as many of his people as he likes. Now we know why Blair was out there hugging the Colonel, the two of them are of a piece, but how do we now hate the man so much? And Bahraini Royals are coming for the Wedding here I gather, but they are shooting protesters are they not? Syria is bubbling; what is our opinion about that?

Of course The US and the UK are hiding behind a UN resolution to say it is legal. The UN are now 'in control' of the Libyan intervention. But is the UN not riddled with countries that have, at best, dubious records on 'human rights'? The UN is a most useless organisation, what sane person is interested in their view?

But what are we expecting in Libya? What if Gadaffi goes and we don't like the replacement. I think we are basing our assumptions on outcomes on the views of people who have experienced the Renaissance, about people who haven't. Once again it seems we don't think before we act and we don't believe a plan is important before we blunder in.

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