by Piper Bayard | Apr 7, 2011 | Special Edition Libya
By Jay Holmes Since the middle of February, when the fledgling protest movement coalesced into an active rebellion in Libya, many Western observers have been asking, “Who are the Libyan rebels?” Many Libyans, North Africans, and Middle Easterners are...
by Piper Bayard | Apr 3, 2011 | Special Edition Libya
By Jay Holmes China, Syria, and Iran are watching the military operations being conducted by NATO forces in Libya with great attention. China sent the 4000 ton frigate, Xuzhou, into Libyan waters, supposedly to assist in evacuations of Chinese citizens from Libya....
by Piper Bayard | Mar 31, 2011 | Special Edition Libya
By Jay Holmes As the White House’s “days not weeks” line has evolved to “don’t worry, just a few months,” the missile and aircraft attacks have degraded Gadhafi’s goon squad enough to allow the Benghazi-based rebels to push west to...
by Piper Bayard | Mar 24, 2011 | Special Edition Libya
By Jay Holmes As the Coalition of the Hesitant continues to exercise a “we fly, you no fly” zone over Libya today, several ironies and opportunities seem apparent to me. Before the ink was dry on the German surrender document that ended the European phase...
by Piper Bayard | Mar 20, 2011 | Special Edition Libya
By Jay Holmes In the past few days, we have seen Western powers overcome their own reluctance to commit to military action against Gadhafi. The vast news coverage of the ongoing diplomacy amongst Western nations has left us with some interesting quotes and sound bites...
by Piper Bayard | Mar 17, 2011 | Apocalypse, Foreign Affairs, Special Edition Libya
By Jay Holmes Western governments have, thus far, declined to use any portion of their massive military superiority to intervene on behalf of the anti-Gadhafi rebels in Libya. It appears that, after their initial, timid response to the rebels, Gadhafi’s...
by Piper Bayard | Mar 13, 2011 | Special Edition Libya
By Jay Holmes In our last post, Dave asked, “How much of the reluctance to act is the result of pressure from European allies concerned about their vulnerability to interruption in the flow of gas and oil from Libya? Or is this just homegrown lack of...
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