punditman says...Punditman is not surprised to learn that Tony Blair went camping with Gadhafi or that Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi let the despicable dictator and Lockerbie bomb plotter pitch his tent in the heart of Rome or that Libya has invested in Italian companies including Fiat SpA and UniCredit SpA and the Juventus soccer team. Or any other number of crimes committed in West in the name of cheap oil.
Punditman is also not surprised when he overhears redneck ignoramus's down at the coffee shop calling for an attack on Libya. These people don't know jack about what and who has enabled this despot. They just think the US is the world cop who needs to act in the name of "freedom" now and then and go blow up Arabs whenever they want. And they cheer every time. That's because these people read the Toronto Sun. The Sun is not a great Canadian newspaper. It stinks.
You can learn about all the corruption and cronyism behind today's headlines, including the Libyan crisis by listening to this Keiser report. If you are a redneck ignoramus, you may learn something:
Paul Koring, in today's G&M,dicusses no-fly
ReplyDeletezone and the risks of policy slippage. He takes
a cautionary tone. But I am leaning in favour of this, with European leadership if possible.
I think the rest of the world should stay out of Libya. Including establishing a no fly zone.
ReplyDeleteBut if someone doesn't do something, all that oil is going to disappear from the market. Which could wreck Italy's economy.
ReplyDeleteLybia's oil reserves are insignificant (2% of world Production)and that will be on stream again soon, no matter who wins.The rebels have
ReplyDeletebeen out manoeuvred in key towns. Gadhafi's
murderous advance to the east is just beginning.
It would take so little to level the playing
field,end the carnage and give Lybians a fresh
start.After generations of propping up tyrany,I
think we owe them this.
The only reason anyone is even contemplating intervening is to secure the oil. We're fine with tyranny.
ReplyDeleteLibya's oil is significant because it all goes to Italy, and no one can pick up the slack.
Lou
ReplyDeleteRead this:
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/03/09-4
The Independent/UK article is good and ,if anything, supports what I said. Hague's reference to regional support is backskating.
ReplyDeleteEgypt and Tunisia will not be in a position to endorse anything until it's over.
The helicopter issue speaks to the mission
creep or policy slippage that I mentioned.
I'm still leaning the same way.
And Lybian oil production is not significant.
Even the NG interuption will be brief.