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A note on Libya now that a NFZ has been implemented
Firstly, apologies for the way in which this has been written; even for me it’s a bit too bloggy, that is to say personal, and not very political bloggy as readers of this site have come to expect....
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The opportunistic Islamist supporters of the Libyan rebels
Tuesday 29 March, at a London conference on Libya held at Lancaster House, Admiral James Stavridis (Nato’s supreme commander for Europe and the US’ European commander) warned of the “”flickers” of...
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The case against liberal interventionism
This is a guest post by Bob From Brockley I think the two most powerful cases against liberal interventionism I’ve read recently are “The Innocence of the Liberal Hawk” by Gary Younge in the April 11...
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Peter Hitchens and the fear of ambiguity in Libya
Jost, Glaser, Kruglanski, Sulloway (2003): Persons having low levels of motivation to process information would be more likely to support conservative ideologies because these rely on tradition, are...
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The Putin School of Sound Investment or, I laughed until I cried
While a great many of us watched with pleasure the Arab Spring unfolding, and other similar events in and around the region, others – such as arms dealers – looked on in horror. Nowhere did this happen...
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Civil war or forgo power; the options for Assad as for Saleh
As someone put it in the week Gaddafi is dead, now the hard part starts. Hard, too, for those on the wrong side of history. While China looks set to change its tune at an hour far too far after the...
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Chavez: The personification of a political farce
A recent Guardian response on comment is free had it: ‘Libyan intervention was a success, despite the aftermath’s atrocities’. To the unforgiving, this sentiment could appear callous and ignorant of...
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Intervention in Syria: a cautious acknowledgement of its benefits
When one reads about the shootings in Syria, the killings, those who have gone missing at sea, the burning metal plates on which Assad’s lackeys place a victim in order to extract information from them...
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The best spam email I have ever had
This really couldn’t be kept without sharing Hello, Having obtained your contact from the Internet; I decided to contact you and solicit for your mutual assistance. I am Barr. Dr. Dahmane Ben...
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Their choices are their own: Libya to give Mahmoud Jibril a Landslide Victory
Mahmoud Jibril, who served as interim prime minister in Libya from March to October 2011 in the Transitional National Council, is firmly believed to have won what is being dubbed as “a landslide...
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