By Victor Kotsev TEL AVIV – The Western “military option” in Libya has turned into a military fashion show of questionable merit. In order to believe this, we need not take the word of American and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) defense officials – many of whom, such as Pentagon chief Robert Gates and NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen, have been singing the “there is no military solution” refrain practically since the beginning of the intervention. Nor do we really need to believe the analysts who have sought to explain what the show is really about. It is enough to look at all the “covert” ……. [Full Post]

By Layla Anwar An Arab Woman Blues, April 2, 2011 I really should stop reading other people’s tweets and I should quit Twitter altogether…alternatively I should just talk to myself and pay zero attention to what others are talking about, because 9 times out of 10 they are talking from their asses. The latest in line of pure bullshit coming from so-called liberals, lefties and activists for “human rights and social/political justice” is the abysmal stand on Libya. Truly disgraceful, shocking, flabbergasting…you name it they are guilty of it… I observe people’s reactions on the famous social media that has led so called “Spring Revolutions” ……. [Full Post]

By Patrick Martin 28 March 2011 The Libyan National Council, the Benghazi-based group that speaks for the rebel forces fighting the Gaddafi regime, has appointed a long-time CIA collaborator to head its military operations. The selection of Khalifa Hifter, a former colonel in the Libyan army, was reported by McClatchy Newspapers Thursday and the new military chief was interviewed by a correspondent for ABC News on Sunday night. Hifter’s arrival in Benghazi was first reported by Al Jazeera on March 14, followed by a flattering portrait in the virulently pro-war British tabloid the Daily Mail on March 19. The Daily Mail described Hifter as one ……. [Full Post]

by Stephen Lendman Obama’s March 28 television address wreaked of hypocrisy, lies and disdain for basic democratic values, making an indefensible case for naked aggression against a non-belligerent country. America’s media approved. On March 28, New Times writer Helene Cooper headlined, “Obama Cites Limits of US Role in Libya,” saying: Obama “defended the American-led military assault in Libya on Monday, saying it was in the national interest of the United States to stop a potential massacre that would have ‘stained the conscience of the world,’ ” even though no threat existed until: – Washington showed up with co-belligerents France and Britain; – beginning in 2010, ……. [Full Post]