Which Brigade? Il-Brigata Laburista? Int minghalik li Sarkozy jimpurtah x’inhu ghaddej f’din it-toqba mahmuga ta’ gzira?

I’d be surprised if the POTUS did NOT have the best speech writer in the world!

A bit of war might do you good, Kev. You lack purpose and it would focus your mind.

When the dust settles I can assure you that contracts will be won before the money is handed back to the Libyan people.
In the meantime the investments in the US are giving the much needed liquidity and cash flow to the institutions in which they are invested.
Ma twelidniex il-bierah!

[Daphne – That’s a foolish statement.]

Anonymous VonTrapp , that’s exactly my point. Daphne is arguing that we should do more and I’m basically telling her to hold her horses. There are countries which are capable of doing something and are hardly lifting a finger.
We cannot afford to risk more to save the Libyan people.
This situation is like having a person trapped in a fierce fire. Who would save the person? Fire fighters are the right people. But firefighters do not just go in for someone trapped in a fire , they evaluate the dangers, wear the necessary protective equipment and then enter to save lives. Countries do just the same .

About the Libyan money: I take Obama’s mentioning of the eleven digit figure as a subtle assurance for the unconvinced.
Obama and other heads of state do such ‘pragmatic’ exercises , in the interest of their respective countries.

Right on Steve. The ‘mighty’ Americans have about 20 million of its citizens who cannot afford health insurance and countless go bankrupt should a health problem arise.

Yes, 500 million would help a small minority pay for insurance but their senators have given Obama a hard time and blocked passage of a health reform system which could really help those who cannot afford insurance on their own.

Indeed, Baxxter, the Brigade should first practice along our own Coast Road. If they manage to impress Sarko it’s a done deal.

(Good to see no one is hurling bottles at the caricature, though. Qed jitghalmu, ara.)

Are you sure you’re up to it, Kev? The coast road to Tripoli is a hell of a long march, and you seem terribly out of shape.

Not only do they generate the most rubbish PER head, they generate the most rubbish IN their head.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVW6jBbD5Q8