Libya : A no lie zone

[Peter Lemkin]

From what I can gather [mostly from Aljazeera] they were on a separate mission and are being detained to find out what the **** that mission was. Another group of British diplomats are in Bengazi now talking with the opposition leaders there - this was just confirmed by Aljazeera.

While there are 'good' things the British could offer, such as food and medicine, perhaps some intelligence from their sources; almost anything else they could or would offer, IMO, would be meddling and an illegal try to insert themselves and their master [USA] into Libya post-Gadaffi, to get the oil. this should have been a U.N. mission, not a U.K mission, IMO.

.....I don't think they are there for the beaches, sand nor Roman ruins......and certainly not for the average Libyian, except to the extent it benefits the UK, US and their allies. All of the popular revolutions and/or demonstrations had their root and basis in genuine local discontent[s] and real demands for freedom, democracy, a piece of the economic wealth, and end to autocratic rule, etc. That said, the 'Western Powers' are trying to 'turn' things to their selfish advantage. They care no more now for the Middle East having civil governments and justice for their citizens, than they have over the last decades. Note how they cheer the demonstrations in most countries there, but NOT those in Iraq...sort of gives it all away [although there are a thousand other ways to note this.] Things won't REALLY change, IMO, until the USA, UK and several other 'Western' countries have similar and bottom-up revolutions [hopefully peacefully].