On the first notion of NATO considering their imposing a NO FLY ZONE on Libya, the Arab League rushed to propose that this should be done by the League itself, possibly together with the (disorganized) African Union.

Since then days are passing by and in the meantime the civilian anti-Gaddafi side is systematically taking a beating and counting its losses in human lives. Could it be that the Arab League is deliberately aiming at allowing Gaddafi get the upper hand. Is it really the Libyan people that are in the League’s interests ? Or after all could it be the Libyan Oil, which back under Gaffafi rule will undoubtly be used as a strong and powerful merciless blackmailing tool against Europe?

Unless he is changing diapers!

They will also need help from the US or NATO to take out the anti aircraft systems.

Gaddafi has a considerable amount of advanced Russian anti aircraft systems and no Arab nation has the equipment or expertise necessary to neutralise them without suffering heavy losses in the process.

The problem is of course that it means Western forces will need to attack ground targets (rather than just Gaddafi’s aircraft) which means that many will (incorrectly) interpret it as an invasion of Libya.

The other thing is that such operations are diffcult and no matter how much care is exercised accidents will happen and some people who do not deservee to will die.

Nevertheless I do believe that the alternative (that is non intervention by the West) is far worse.

Somebody has to inspect those damn floats and there is no one better for the job than the king of Carnival himself.

He always chooses venues where he feels at home the most. That’s if he’s not nursing some hairline fracture for two solid months. What an alternative in waiting.

Baxxter is spot on. Gaddafi’s worries are the ammo stores which are not all in Tripoli, but scattered all over, thus the attacks to blow them up.

The insurgents need weapons ASAP, so that they can attack the capital and finish the job themselves. They might not have the experience, but they have something more important, ‘determination’.

Ah, so that’s what they meant when they said they’re too busy to attend solidarity demonstrations.

There’s another one this afternoon in Valletta at 2pm. Perhaps Joseph could pop by in between inspecting carnival floats.

You make cogent arguments Baxxter, however I see this more as a sly political move. We are seeing a refreshing change in the Arab world and this nascent identity has to prop itself up.

If the ‘west’ got itself mixed in so soon, the naysayers will have fuel for their arguments that this ‘people’s uprising’ was in fact orchestrated by the west.

Empowering regional organisations to do their job is the best thing. After all, even in the case of humanitarian aid in case of disaster, the new doctrine is to use the facilities and resources in the region, instead of pumping in foreign aid thus destroying whatever’s left of the local industry.

From what’s happening in Wisconsin, I have to say that Obama is one sly fox … or I’m misreading the tea leaves again.

Wow…HP, inti mohli hawn. Ghax ma tmurx sal-Pentagon forsi jtuk job. Jaqaw int minn dawk li tghaddi l-gurnata kollha tilghab Assasin’s Creed, jew?