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Author Topic: Egypt and the world and Libya - Now without Ukraine!  (Read 372842 times)

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Re: Egypt and the world
« Reply #1515 on: March 09, 2011, 02:11:31 pm »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WNEvHPGU9w
Rebels fighting back. Good thing Libya is sparsely populated, wouldn't want them to have a rocket artillery duel in the middle of a city.
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Re: Egypt and the world
« Reply #1516 on: March 09, 2011, 02:26:24 pm »

[...]I'm worried Saudi Arabia could flare bigtime. And unlike Libya, Obama CAN'T sit on his hands on that one.[...]
[...] while perhaps satisfying liberal public opinion, is scary as hell from a geopolitical standpoint. It could go really well, it could go really badly. And even if a democracy arises, what if this new democracy decides to use their control of oil as a political cattle prod? The Saudis, at least since the 1970's crisis, have been highly reluctant to use oil as an economic weapon. [...]
It's certainly refreshing to hear an american so honestly stating USA's interests (oil prices) as a reason for political & military involvement instead of the typical freedom/democracy bullshit speech. I respect that.

I'm not saying that freedom and democracy don't play a part, but c'mon...oil plays a big part in the strategic calculus.

It's analogous to Dune. The Emperor and other noble houses didn't support House Harkonnen because they were evil, they supported them because chaos on Arrakis meant the spice didn't flow, which paralyzed the entire Empire and brought disruptions to the lives of trillions. The concept of hydraulic despotism is pretty regularly applied to OPEC, and Saudia Arabia is the biggest member of OPEC by far (accounting for about 1/3 of all production). Hence, the major powers in the world, whose own economies and day-to-day life are dependent on a steady flow of petroleum products, have a vested interest in maintaining stability in Saudi Arabia and stable relationships as well. And sadly, it's a lot easier to maintain stable relationships with a handful of people who are in charge for decades rather than a fractious democratic government that is changing every few years and is subject to the whims of public opinion.
Have we got much of a chance then? The alternative would be to let the oil prices depend on the whims of an inherently unpredictable populace who seems to have quite a hatred for the west. Before you know it we've got another black hawk down at our hands, not to speak of the damage that would be done by closing the Suez canal.
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Re: Egypt and the world
« Reply #1517 on: March 09, 2011, 02:31:42 pm »

It's certainly refreshing to hear an american so honestly stating USA's interests (oil prices) as a reason for political & military involvement instead of the typical freedom/democracy bullshit speech. I respect that.
If you believe Moore knows everything about political situations, you'll be just as surprised as Qaddafi was when shit hits the fan. Oil is the concern of the people with power. Those without power actually believe in the typical freedom/democracy bullshit. As a result, if there isn't at least a little typical freedom/democracy bullshit in any war we go into, the American government won't last long when attempting it. Mobs who pick up stones generally are made up of the people who don't give a shit about oil.

I do agree that the US soldiers would get involved if directly asked to do so by one side or the other in Saudi. It'd give us a way in without starting a war. Going in without that request wouldn't ever happen though.

That being said, I need to catch up.  I've been in a void for 2 days and don't know what the hell is going on in Libya right now but I'm wondering how much longer do they plan to wait before declaring the no fly zone and how will Gadaffi react when that happens.




I'm looking into the other battle claims right now for the coastal fighting. I suspect that the victory ninja move is a myth. People on my twitter say that the government forces in Bin Jawwad are using family members of protesters as human shields.


Oh, AS FOR SOMALIA...
Somalia was the total opposite situation of Libya. There the government disintegrated and people went back to their tribes. In Libya, the tribes have come together to get rid of the government. You have Unity in Libya. In Somalia, you had anarchy, where the warlords ruled. I don't think there is a good example of what Libya is in history. The people rose up in mass without a leader to accomplish a common goal. Of course they got leadership structure now, but still...

Edit:
http://twitter.com/ChangeInLibya
About 13 minutes ago via twitter...
Quote from: ChangeInLibya Halwasa Guy
Confirmation from Zawia. Centre under control, troops pushed 2-5km out. They captured dozens of mercenaries and killed more #libya #feb17
He says he got it from a friend via satphone.

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Re: Egypt and the world
« Reply #1518 on: March 09, 2011, 02:40:05 pm »

Oh, AS FOR SOMALIA...
Somalia was the total opposite situation of Libya. There the government disintegrated and people went back to their tribes. In Libya, the tribes have come together to get rid of the government. You have Unity in Libya. In Somalia, you had anarchy, where the warlords ruled. I don't think there is a good example of what Libya is in history. The people rose up in mass without a leader to accomplish a common goal. Of course they got leadership structure now, but still...
Try Iran, Afghanistan, pre-napoleon France or Vietnam. People's Revolutions aren't pretty and rarely fail to result in carnage.
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Re: Egypt and the world
« Reply #1519 on: March 09, 2011, 02:44:15 pm »

Oh, AS FOR SOMALIA...
Somalia was the total opposite situation of Libya. There the government disintegrated and people went back to their tribes. In Libya, the tribes have come together to get rid of the government. You have Unity in Libya. In Somalia, you had anarchy, where the warlords ruled. I don't think there is a good example of what Libya is in history. The people rose up in mass without a leader to accomplish a common goal. Of course they got leadership structure now, but still...
Try Iran, Afghanistan, pre-napoleon France or Vietnam. People's Revolutions aren't pretty and rarely fail to result in carnage.
Every one of them had a leader from the start to rile up the mobs. Try again.
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Re: Egypt and the world
« Reply #1520 on: March 09, 2011, 02:46:02 pm »

Nope. The leaders came AFTER they started. (as usual).
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Re: Egypt and the world
« Reply #1521 on: March 09, 2011, 02:52:49 pm »

Not only that, but as was already pointed out, this revolution now has a leader as well.
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Re: Egypt and the world
« Reply #1522 on: March 09, 2011, 11:19:37 pm »

Is this leader Carl from llamas with hats, and is he pushing people into a giant fan?
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Re: Egypt and the world
« Reply #1523 on: March 10, 2011, 05:25:46 am »

I think Gadaffi might just be closer to the whole eating people's hands because their stomach was making the rumbles...
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Re: Egypt and the world
« Reply #1524 on: March 10, 2011, 07:11:19 am »

I wish newsies like BBC and Al-Jazeera would be a bit more careful about Geraldoing the rebels' movements. There was a reporter on live right now from Ras Lanuf who said that the Rebels are moving people south of town for a flanking maneuver.
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« Reply #1525 on: March 10, 2011, 08:52:26 am »

Usually, when news agencies do that sort of thing, they play the footage several hours after the fact. If it was live, however, that's a bit... Well, lets just hope that in the fire of the moment they didn't have the time or opportunity to react to the broadcast.
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Re: Egypt and the world
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« Reply #1527 on: March 10, 2011, 10:14:31 am »

Which means they are no longer rebels, right?

They are now an official government with an official army waging a real war?
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Re: Egypt and the world
« Reply #1528 on: March 10, 2011, 10:15:31 am »

Well, for France they are, for the rest of the world, they're still rebels.
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Re: Egypt and the world
« Reply #1529 on: March 10, 2011, 10:36:15 am »

"Protesters! Get it right.

Zawiyah's Square is in "protester" hands still.

Without knowing what is going on there at all, my best guess is EpicLibyaMan is there, and Chuck Norris refuses to work for Qaddafi.
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