Libya : A no lie zone

[Bill Kelly]

Now that's three dictators down in six months - one in exile, one in jail and one buried in the desert. Who's next? Syria, Bahrain, Yemen?

Bahrain?Surely you jest,Bill.Just this week the Ambassador of Bahrain came to town to visit Hillary.Something to do with that $85 million(?) in weaponry we want to sell them, so they can continue to kill and arrest their citizens.But hey,we are the conscience of the world.......or something.:what:

Hi Keith,

I never say we. I wouldn't sell Bahrain anything, but the US Navy has a major base there, HQ of the fleet, and they were about to expand it before the Arab revolt began. And yes, the USA should have a straight forward policy about such dictators, but of course they don't. The revolution in Bahrain was brutally repressed, many killed, many arrested and the Pearl Roundabout - the public square where people gathered, and symbolized by a beautiful giant statute of two hands holding a pearl, was totally destroyed by the government because of what it came to represent.

While I think NATO did the right thing in Libya, at the behest of the UN and Arab League, those who thought NATO was against the dictators and for the freedom fighters need only check in with the revolution in Syria, Yemen and Bahrain, especially Bahrain, where even Al Jeezera, owned by the government of Qatar, supports the Bahrain government. The Al Jeezera reporter in Bahrain produced a one hour video that tells the story of the revolution's early days there, but it's only available in Al Jeezera English and has not been shown in Arab countries.

No. Not jesting. I'm not on the side of NATO, I'm on the side of the democratic revolutionaries and against the dictators and tyrants.

But in the relatively short period of six months - the American Revolution took seven years, three dictators down is a significant change in the major players on the game board, and the revolution is still underway in Syria, Yemen, Bahrain and a number of other countries where the events have gone unreported.

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As for Doyle's references to US and Israel, all I can say is that their democracies represent the will of the majority of their citizens, even if they take criminal action, though countries and nations cannot be brought to justice for criminal actions, only individuals can.

BK
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