I wonder how they are doing in Libya

[David Johnson]

You may recall that Libya was the hot topic awhile back as Cameron made his name as a freedom fighter by rallying a bunch of the usual suspects to lay waste to Libyan infrastructure from 30,000 ft.

As is often the case with interventions that take place over a relatively brief period compared to the likes of Iraq and Afghanistan, they tend to drop off the news media radar.

However, snippet from Tripoli, the capital of Libya. The Zintan militia are fighting for control over Tripoli airport So far most of the parked planes, the air traffic control tower and the airport terminal have been destroyed. Apparently it will take months and millions of dollars to repair the damage.

The only way to get out is across the border to Tunisia. Well, you might be thinking at least they have plenty of petrol. Ah well, currently all petrol stations in Tripoli have closed.

ON Thursday, the Libyan foreign minister begged the UN Security Council "to take the case of Libya seriously before it is too late". The authorities, he made clear, were too weak to control the armed groups.

Well surely the Americans can mediate? No way they evacuated all their staff awhile back.

Another wonderful intervention on the part of the Western "democracies". Replacing a dictator with a bunch of warring militias, is so much better, isn't it....?

Maybe not.

[Arginald Valleywater]

War is good for business. General Dynamics, Lockeed, BAE, H+K, Beretta etc etc all do well when there is a shooting match. Add in the fact that without the so called "war on terror" we could sleep a lot more peacefully in our beds and the so called peace loving western leaders can get away with snooping on our e-mails...nice morning in Cheltenham lads?

[David Johnson]

Western countries have all urged their citizens to leave Libya as the country slips further into civil war.

Apparently the situation is so dire that the US evacuated their embassy staff along a road whilst US jets circled ready to strike at any militia attacks.

I seem to recall the usual suspects claiming that they had provided Libya with democracy.

How ungrateful those Libyans are for not introducing democracy. It's a great system isn't it? Well, I suppose those militiamen could do with some powerful armaments......

[Arginald Valleywater]

And where may I ask is the warmonger in chief...CIA agent numero uno aka ToeKnee Blair....err hosting a star studded bash for the harridan in chief aka Cherie.....wonder how his old bum chum Kadaffi is doing?

[Gentleman]

Blairs in the clear for this one it's all down to the upper class twit Cameron.

[David Johnson]

What interests me is how something becomes "newsworthy" and gets on the 10 o'clock TV news slot.

I suspect the decision-making process is something like:

1. Is there anything happening in Libya? Then go to Step 2.
2. Are there British troops on the ground so we can embed a videographer and journalist with them reasonably safely? No. Uh oh. problems.
3. In the absence of 2. is there a government or rebel group keen to provide protection in order to get their media message out? Unlike Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, Gaza, it would appear not in the case in Libya because it is too chaotic with a complete mish mash of tribal forces, various Islamist groups, various pro-government groups etc. etc.

So can we get video footage? No. It ain't news then.

[David Johnson]

Meanwhile the Allies look the other way