Well said.

Even France owes the monster retribution.

Wrong thread, dott. Trid tkun veru bla sinsla u bezziegh biex tghajjar lil xi hadd bla sinsla u tinheba wara nom-de-plume.
Jekk hu bla sinsla, int iktar minnu.

If that’s the case I hope it’s sooner rather than later. I feel like we’re running out of time very quickly.

Xi haga hekk. Taf x’iweggghani l-iktar, Ciccio? Li s-sens komun u s-sentimenti fuq dan il-blog qishom l-ilhna fid-desert.

For Pan Am Flight 103, we gave him the Order of Merit.
For 772 UTA, we gave him Gieh ir-Repubblika.

Urgent for MALTA to recognise the interim government in Benghazi? Why?

Why are you calling the Benghazi interim council, or whatever, a government? By whose authority?

What makes it any more ‘legitimate’ than the Gaddafi regime?

Oh yes, now I know, Sarkozy visited Malta on his honeymoon(?), so in starred admiration, we should follow his ill-timed recognition of the Benghazi group!

Why not Merkel, Berlusconi et al? Ah how a job well done goes to our head so fast.

Now answer my question John Schembri…how am I spineless?

Cynicism does nothing to enhance the present situation.

I dare certain commentators here and elsewhere to define what exactly they would do any different if they were in the Prime Minister’s shoes.

What difference would it make to Gaddafi if the government would declare that Gaddafi is a bad boy and should be shot.

What will a direct condemnation in the loudest and strongest terms, make any difference to the protesters who are on the front line?

Cash and votes aside, what materially, can Malta offer the rebels in order to help them oust Gaddafi?

The big shots like the US, EU (collectively) and NATO prefer to sit around tables with lots of Perrier to quench their parched throats (from talking too long and too much) rather than tackle the nuts and bolts which can make the no-fly zone operative in a matter of hours. Can Malta push hard enough in order to hasten the action?

What can the Church do to help? It may have legions of followers who can pray but not much more. Funny you mention the church when one of the protesters plainly said, “We do not have arms to fight with, but we have faith”. I wish we had a few dozen heroes like the young fighter.

We tend to feel cozy because we enjoy a democracy nearly lost only three decades ago and we are good preachers, but rarely follow that which we so freely impart on others.

I see no men (and women) volunteering to help the protesters. I see no boats leaving Malta for Libya to compensate for the lack of bravado expected from our government, do I?

It is so easy to sit in front of a television set being indignant towards the lack of strong words from the PM or his Minister while sipping a hot latte.

And lastly, I wonder what the public’s reaction would have been had the government suggested that our Armed Forces send a platoon over to Libya to fight alongside the protesters! Maybe “Jahasra, Gonzi l-ewwel qatilna bil-guh, ghollilna id-dawl u l-ilma u issa biex jghaxxaqha, se jibghad l’uliedna biex jiggieldu ghal barrani” Malta would surely turn into a second Libya within 24 hours, am I wrong? Oh sorry, I nearly forgot the ‘neutrality clause’!

So disgusting, nay, immature.

You forgot flight 772 UTA (170 dead, 54 French citizens among them). Fine way to fight. When he couldn’t beat them on the battlefield, Gaddafi retaliated against their airliners.

Sorry but I forgot the joker in this card game.

And that is Pan Am Flight 103.

No one has really paid the full price for that horrendous massacre (of mainly US citizens) yet.

Saddam was eliminated sixteen years after his Kuwaiti adventure.

Lockerbie is past its 22nd birthday.