I do not think that KMB is a betting man given his track record: Church schools, EU, Libya,1987/1992 elections..

300 dead and 800+ critically injured and no statement from the UN. Are Libyan lives so worthless?

But didn’t you say just a short time ago that the devil is in the details?

If there were clear identifications of Mubarak with Hitler, I am quite sure that they were made mainly for CNN, and, for that matter, a little bit also for Fox News and everybody else except for the likes of the most assiduous visitors of “Vivamalta,” and of course because in these times many people, when they hear the word “Hitler”, immediately associate to it “the Israelis” as today’s real Nazis.

On the other hand, CNN and especially the leftist MSM, and of course the “Western branch” of Al-Jazeera blinded themselves willfully to the fact that there were lots of placards at the demonstrations in Tahrir Square branding Mubarak as a Jew, with a star of David on his forehead or elsewhere, while there was one star of David, too, on the tie of the hanged effigy of him, as they blinded themselves against the not so few sexual assaults against Western women that seem to have occurred there.

Besides, it is no coincidence that Al-Jazeera tried to inflame the Islamic democrats in the square further by falsely reporting that Mubarak was about to flee to Israel, which is probably the last place he would ever take into consideration for that.) John Rosenthal has collected some of said art works of the Tahrir Square democrats.They can be admired here.

As far as Gaddafi is concerned, there are of course much less probabilities of him being associated with “the Zionists” and by implication with the evils of Western democracy and freedom. He has always worked hard for this not to happen.

You probably miss John Wayne too.

God knows a Ronald Reagan is needed in this already troubled millennium.

Who? The very personable and telegenic idiot who tripled the US’ national debt, supported apartheid, backed Saddam, crushed workers’ rights, created a mother of all white elephants (Star Wars) and backed death squads throughout Central America?

The guy who had a secret deal to delay delivery of the hostages in Iran so Carter would look like an incompetent fool?

If you think for a second that the cold war was stopped by Reagan’s charm then I have to assume that you confuse foreign politics and geopolitics with cowboy films of yesteryear…

But I’m sure Hitchens will do a better job of destroying the false myth:

http://www.slate.com/id/2101842/

Malta’s response to the current situation in Libya should be part of the EU’s response.
But I am very concerned about what roles that the United Nations and America are taking about this crisis.

Sarkozy has raised this in a G20 meeting. He said that all member nations should help Tunisia and Egypt in their road to democracy.

I don’t hold out much hope that democracy and reasonableness will take root in the governments that replace the despots.

As we know from first hand experience, democracy is a fragile thing. Even with our so-called Christian mores and 164 years of Anglo-Saxon influence (only Britain, America and Scandinavia never strayed from democratic government once it was developed/introduced), we soon got rid of democracy here. Call me racist but I think it is unlikely that Arab and, especially, Islamic countries, most of whom have the most potent economic weapon – oil – in hand will settle into a peaceful, democratic system.

I hope I’m wrong, but I’m not holding my breath. Gaddafi’s replacement(s) will soon prove themselves to be as bad as he is. Assuming he’s ousted of course – which is beginning to look likely to me.

At least, despite Labour’s opposition, we’re in the EU so there is a ray of hope.