Comment of the week
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March 11, 2011 at 5:32pm
H. P. Baxxter (of course)
Kemm kien hemm haddiema Maltin “jaqilghu hobzhom” fid-dezert Libjan? 500? Imisshom meta giet l-RAF ghalihom qalulhom “Thanks but no thanks. We’re neutral.”
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Why piddle with this little bit of unrest in Libya?
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20110311/local/anniversary-of-vince-farrugia-assault
“Day Against All Forms of Violence Against the Person.”
DAAFoVAtP yeah!
Heqq, m’hemmx x’taghmel, m’ghadux johrog Dr. Brombos!
Vince Farrugia stess messu hu stess waqqaf dan l-avveniment Nazzjonali kontra l-vjolenza fuq il-persuna u ikkoncentra aktar fuq dak li qed jigri l-Libja.
Dwar il-kumment ta HPB, inzid li mn’Alla li KMB ma kienx mal-Maltin li hadmu fid-dezert ghax biex johrog ta’ ragel kien jippreferi jikri gemel minn rikba fuq ajruplan tal-RAF.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2011/mar/11/benghazi-protests-libya-in-pictures#/?picture=372545099&index=0
So we (EU, UN, Arab League, NATO, Azzjoni Kattolika u Muzew) are twiddling our thumbs and waiting for these people to be massacred as nobody has the”guts” to nail that f*&king bastard Gaddafi. May the Lord forgive us and have mercy on us all.
Everybody is following ad litteram the Maltese maxim: “omm il-gifa qatt ma taghli”.
[Daphne – Translation for our non-Maltese-speaking friends: A coward’s mother never grieves.]
The only one with balls is Nicolas Sarkozy. He proves it with his politics and with his choice of partners.
@Anthony
I do not think that I am a conspiracy theorist. However I keep getting the gut feeling that Sarkozy’s stand in the Libya crisis is just his way of replacing Berlusconi as Libya’s favourite foreigner son.
Not to worry, Anthony, only yesterday the 27 EU leaders told Gaddafi to go away and leave the Libyan people in peace and also threatened him that, if he does not depart, they will not only convene another EU summit, but that the summit would be convened ‘soon’ – when presumably the EU leaders will decide to hold a further meeting when a decision might then be taken about what further action to take,
Meantime, Gaddafi will once again have established firm control over the entire country and will have committed – and continue to commit – even more atrocities against his opponents. By which time, the international community would be left with no real options other than total war or their acceptance of a fait accompli.
We have two ministers come to Malta from Britain and Canada in person to thank the Maltese government for the assistance in evacuating their people from Libya.
Very interesting not only that two ministers take the trouble to travel all the way to Malta just to say thank you but even more so that that they are ministers of defence rather than, say, minister of foreign affairs.
I’m wondering whether you saw Edward Scicluna’s article in The Times today titled ‘Libya: Is intervention justifiable?’. Needless to say, at no point does the article answer the question.
More fence sitting, and the first two paragraphs come dangerously close to John Dalli territory. It would be nice to hear your thoughts.
I think the only Maltese politician who has talked clearly about the issue up to now is Simon Busuttil.
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20110311/opinion/libya-is-intervention-justifiable
[Daphne – Yes. I said that only yesterday: Simon Busuttil is speaking and writing as the prime minister should be speaking but is not. As for Edward Scicluna, who cares?]
Ha! Note the dithering stretched to the limit. “Justifiable” instead of “justified”.
Baxxter. ‘Justifiable’, ‘justified’, no fly zones, dithering, blethering, hand wringing, posturing, threatening, sanctions, asset freezing, travel bans, decist, illegitmate, step down–words, words, words. Sickening, all the talking heads. One F16 could take him out any time. Just keep KMB in his asylum.
BTW, Daphne, thanks for the translation.
Simon Busuttil is a future PM.
Bla sens. The issue here is not about being neutral. Malta is NOT neutral. The prime minister himself had declared that Gaddafi must leave. The issue concerns Malta’s role, which should never be military. The word ‘neutrality’ doesn’t even have to come in here.
Whle ministers meet, talk, have coffee, shake hands and smile at each other in Brussels, in Libya people are being mercilessly slaughtered. Give Sarkozy the lead and follow him.
Mela Gaddafi kien ta lil Mintoff USD 3,000,000 biex ihallas ic-children allowances. Gaddafi mar tajjeb ghax ghamel pussess fuq Malta u Mintoff deher sabih mal-poplu ghax taghna c-childrens’ allowance. Tlett miljun dollaru minn fuq il-poplu Libjan fqir u bil-guh.
Jaqbadni d-dardir meta niftakar li kont jiena stess li gawdejt minn dawk il-flus, ghax fi tfuliti kien il-peak tan-negozjati bejn Malta u l-Libja.
Neutrality?
http://www.slate.com/id/2287506/
[Daphne – That’s an excellent article. I read it a couple of days ago.]