Before offering an observation on the Libya situation I note New York Times is spelling the Libyan strongman's name with a "Q" while many other media spell it with a "G". As is Gaddafi vs Qaddafi. So which is it ? It's a minor point, but it is confusing for those of us brought up to worry about spelling someone's name right.
No matter how you spell it, Muommar seems to be watching his forty year old regime slip away, but we see little...Perhaps its a lack of Five Star hotels in Tripoli, but the celebrity anchors who descended on Cairo for the much celebrated, Facebook Revolution are absent from the more foreboding nation next door.
Given the high profile of Qaddafi over the years...his frequent dust ups with the US....his role in the Lockerbie tragedy...and his role in Arab politics, the Libyan upheaval is of great interest.
It looks like the Colonel who certainly wasn't blessed with good looks will take many people with him as his regime falls. Those willing to take him on are brave people indeed, as Qaddafi is about as close to evil as you get this side of the River Styx.
Qaddafi’s Grip Falters as His Forces Take On Protesters - NYTimes.com
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He hasn't had any "dust ups" with us since Ronald Reagan bombed his little toweled head years ago. He's been a wee bit quieter than he was previously.
This man has elected to make war against his own people, something the old Soviet Union under Premier Gorbachev refused to do in spite of losing power. Col. Muammar Gaddafi was responsible for killing Americans at various times during his four decade tenure as the Libyan leader. He’s already an international criminal who should have been brought to justice for Pan Am Flight 103 and bombing various Discos’ around the World; one in Berlin where American Soldiers were partying. This man is the poster child for the need to have ‘War Crimes Tribunals,’ and accountability for leadership run amok. Put him on trail and hang him by a short rope.
MCM
This man has elected to make war against his own people, something the old Soviet Union under Premier Gorbachev refused to do in spite of losing power. Col. Muammar Gaddafi was responsible for killing Americans at various times during his four decade tenure as the Libyan leader. He’s already an international criminal who should have been brought to justice for Pan Am Flight 103 and bombing various Discos’ around the World; one in Berlin where American Soldiers were partying. This man is the poster child for the need to have ‘War Crimes Tribunals,’ and accountability for leadership run amok. Put him on trail and hang him by a short rope.
MCM
I really would love for our governmnet to step back and take a break from asking the Arab nations to go on a rampage. I believe it isn't in our best interests to have fires burning in all these countrys.
Crazyray, our Gov't never asked these nations to do anything ...
it has been an internal matter from the beginning.
MCM
Mike, we can't win either way. Back in the days of Reagan, when he bombed the little heathen back into a cave all our media could talk about was Reagan the war monger. Something about how Quackdaffy's kid got killed and how wrong it was for innocents to die. The Fwench even made us fly around their airspace. We remember that. So, you can't kill the bastards. So we sit back and let him run his miserable little nation. Now we're the bad guy for doing nothing. Guys like you, and I understand your feelings, think we should have gone after him harder. People want it both ways. I think we should have quietly killed him back in the 80's, then denied it. But you know who would have cried the loudest. During the last 30-40 years, this nation has demonstrated that we will pretty much do nothing when our citizens are attacked and murdered. So you Lockerbee parents. Sorry, but not really sorry. Lean Klinghoffer, sorry, but, not really. Countless others, oooops. 9/11, ah, we'll fight a bit but not really. We love peace. Now we have a bunch of folks getting murdered in Libya. Hell, they're not even Americans. We don't even care about Americans, let alone a bunch of Arabs who allowed this fool to remain in power. Latest victims of our inaction, the Christians delivering Bibles from their boat. You won't hear anything about them anymore. Am I making any sense at all, Mike? There has to be more of a deterrent factor. We don't seem to have that goin' on.
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