It may be that the Libya war deserves its own thread, as it's about much more than indigenous "Jasmine" revolutions to liberate and uplift the Arab world. Indeed, the war to defeat Gaddafi and the regime in Libya is much more about the future and destiny of Europe than anything else. To put it plain, Europe needs nearby Libya's easily produced and transported high-grade crude oil to prevent being squeezed by OPEC (and particularly the Russians) out of their place as a modern, competitive global industrial economy.
That military Europe in the guise of NATO has clearly failed to secure any kind of satisfactory outcome in Libya, despite having expending its arsenal and now having to borrow munitions from the US, signals that Europe may not be up to its collective historical role. NATO is on the verge of failure and dissolution if it cannot succeed in the current endeavor.
The great Europe-in-Libya adventure is a necessary, worthwhile but dangerous gamble if Europe is to have a future. Legalities, morality, honor and prudence must be sacrificed in a naked grab for dominance over Libyan resources. Any Libyan gold and oil backed pan-African economic and financial designs must be smothered in the crib.
Elements of NATO have entered the war on the side of the rebels against the regime, even though the rebels are closer to militant Islam and terrorism than the regime. A desperate war is going to make for some strange bedfellows.
Elements of NATO have exceeded the brief of the UN "mandate" in their open zeal to physically liquidate Gadaffi. Now that Gaddafi is personally under attack, how could it be complained if he managed to liquidate Cameron, Sarkozy or Obama in self-defense? When you take the irrevocable step of going to war, the "other guy" you've attacked is going to have something to say about the outcome, and you must expect setbacks and the unexpected.
I do not know what is going to happen, but the battle lines are drawn. Whatever happens, you can be assured it will look ugly.
Respectfully submitted,
Steve
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