tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9198020.post7661478889010790692..comments2023-12-27T22:36:01.407-06:00Comments on Anna's Clue Tank: Libyan BirthersAnnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13364196938058625069noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9198020.post-45800589536150389092011-04-01T12:49:23.195-05:002011-04-01T12:49:23.195-05:00AndyJ, he should have stayed in Chicago picking hi...AndyJ, he should have stayed in Chicago picking his brackets.<br /><br />NZGarry, you pose a good question. The question is, can we even find that guy who wants to live like a human being again and let him try to form a government? There is no long term support from the likes of the Arab League, NATO, UN, or the US. Nor is their coherent set of objectives, the US Preisdent is so nuanced in his stand no one in Libya can trust his words. <br /><br />Going back to the Bolsheviks, the Allies were fighting a global war and nascent democracy of Kerensky was struggling. On the other side was Lenin being propped up by secret German gold who used that gold to buy propaganda and thugs to intimedate democracy supporters. By the time the Allies finally decided to support democracy in Russia, Lenin and the Red Bolsheviks were in power while the Tsarists and White Bolsheviks were in retreat. So the tragedy of the Murmansk AEF played out. British, Canadian, French, and American forces fought the Reds but to no gain as all the 'powers' in Murmansk groped for a strategy in a world suddenly at peace and no one wanted to think of the struggle for Russia's future that was the last front of WWI. International support vanished, the AEF pulled out, and Russia became the USSR.<br /><br />I hope history does not repeat itself.Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13364196938058625069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9198020.post-12402328105553697892011-04-01T03:28:07.483-05:002011-04-01T03:28:07.483-05:00I'm not sure quite what you mean by 'badly...I'm not sure quite what you mean by 'badly' Anna, considering the region overall.<br />The odds for democracy are slim anywhere there and most likely the deranged islamists will seize power.<br />But we in the west must stick to our guns and support the guy who said "We just want to live like human beings".<br />Time is on our side if we do so. The young people of those lands see a far better world on the internet than what they live in.nzgarryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13501271230008690840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9198020.post-71466630923593666792011-04-01T02:47:40.359-05:002011-04-01T02:47:40.359-05:00As with all of Obummer's "projects",...As with all of Obummer's "projects", you can bet the farm that it will turn out badly. I don't think that this guy can tie his shoe laces without screwing up.AndyJnoreply@blogger.com