Following another night of allied air strikes against Gaddafi’s forces, the rebels seem to have retaken the town of Ajdabiya and in their enthusiasm they are ready to begin a march towards Tripoli. Read the rest of this entry »

Yesterday when most of the world was focusing in Japan and the tragic happenings that had occurred and were occurring there, politicians were also very much plotting and planning what to do about the civil war in Libya. Few had a thought about people in Yemen and Bahrain who were still revolting against their governments and that the situation in both countries was becoming critical. Just then and almost under every one’s radar, more than 1,000 Saudi troops crossed the bridge linking Saudi Arabia the Bahrain apparently to help suppress the unrest there. Read the rest of this entry »

What prompted Sarkozy to suddenly recognize the Libyan rebels in Benhazi? Was he trying to give the impression that he was the European leader who had a grasp on the events? If that is what he intended he probably failed as at this moment nobody seems to know which way things are going to go. While the Gaddafi’s regime will eventually have to go, it is rather hazardous to recognize the rebels as they don’t seem to have a clear leadership. Read the rest of this entry »

At a time when many are worried about the Libyan civil war and, if we are honest, not only for humanitarian reasons but also for how it can affects us economically due to the rise on the price of oil, we should welcome the US plans for high-speed rail. Read the rest of this entry »

President Obama has again disappointed many who believed in his promises. This time it was his election pledge to close Guantanamo. Any doubt about his abandoning his once ironclad promise of closing the prison looks distant, if it ever happens at all during his watch, specially since last night he gave the green light for military trials to resume there and even established rules to hold some of the detainees indefinitely. Read the rest of this entry »

From one day to the next the West changes its attitude towards the Libyan crisis. Ominously, some leaders have been beating the drums of war. One day leaders like British Prime Minister Cameron, are asking for a non-flying zone and the next, probably when they realize what that would entail, they retreat. It is worrisome and dangerous as anything can happen. Read the rest of this entry »

It was with a little trepidation, that we at KP were planning to write about the danger the western world was getting into with talks of military intervention in Libya as a possibility. We have already been there and we are still suffering the consequences, as Afghanistan and Iraq remind us. Then, we read in The Guardian an article written by Simon Tisdall: “Libyan crisis: Britain and allies now risk overreaction”. We were relieved as we have been thinking along those lines, and we found ourselves in total agreement with his article. Read the rest of this entry »