The International Criminal Court has recently sought the arrest of Qaddafi, and others in the Libyan regime, for crimes against humanity. Justified, surely, but is this move wise? To answer the broader questions about charging dictators in internationa…
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Blunt Objects: Saturday News Smash-Up
Sorry about my absence for the last five days, but I’ve been going to “school” and attempting to learn basic Spanish. Suffice to say, yo no hablo espanol, pero poco a poco, yo aprendo.Anyways, it hasn’t been an exactly major week anyways, not after the…
Continue readingRedBedHead: Libyan Rebels Are NATO Patsies For A New Great Game In Africa
Today: UK PM Cameron with Mustafa Abdul Jalil,
head of rebel TNC & former Gaddafi Justice Minister
In the first days following the pro-democracy demonstrations and then uprising in Libya, it would have taken a hard heart indeed to not support t…
Continue readingParliamANT Hill: Johnathant Baird visits Libya to meet rebels
Inspired by this story: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2011/06/27/baird-libya-visit.html
Continue readingRedBedHead: Is It The End Of NATO?
I suggested the other day that NATO was basically a zombie and that they had already lost – at least in terms of intended political consequences – the war in Libya. It hadn’t occurred to me that within a few days there would be infighting, including be…
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Rape as Weapon of War is Bigger Issue
During the debate over the extension of the Libyan “mission”, NDP foreign affairs critic, Paul Dewar, brought up the subject of rape as a weapon of war.He wanted the Conservatives to promise to address the issue.This may have been inspired by the chang…
Continue readingRedBedHead: NATO Has Already Lost In Libya
I’m certainly not one to believe that imperialist agendas, hideous in life, won’t rise zombie-like from the grave. The present air war by NATO to oust Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is proof enough of that. The failure of NATO in Afghanistan, after ten …
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Jack Layton May Have Sold Out for Nothing
I mentioned yesterday being surprised that every single NDP voted in favour of bombing the hell out of Libya.Layton performed his usual posturing, saying yes drop those 1000 bombs, but then I’m going to say enough. What an amazing blowhard he has turne…
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: QOTD
John Cole at Balloon Juice translates the latest White House attempt to explain why the Obama administration doesn’t need congressional approval to continue military action against Libya: We’re not engaged in hostilities, we’re just launching courtesy bombs! They’re cuddly metal ambassadors of good will with a high explosive tip! Apparently, you are only at war when you have troops at high risk- launching drones into other nations isn’t war, it’s just aggressive foreign policy!…
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: What is Really Going on in Libya?
I can’t help feeling that this so called “mission” in Libya is just more blood for oil. You can’t save people by bombing them, and yet we are bombing the hell out of the place.I’m no fan of Muammar Qaddafi, but the oil companies were, and in 2008, lobb…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Parliament In Review: June 14, 2011
With the debate over Libya taking up the time for debate, yesterday didn’t see quite as much of a range of issues discussed as some previous days. However, there’s still plenty of material worth noting from the day’s events.The Big IssueObviously, the …
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: Releasing Government Bad News Under Cover of a Hockey Game
Based on the bad news coming from the BC and Canadian governments under cover of game one of the Stanley Cup finals, we should be wary of the Canucks going to seven games. It used to be Friday afternoons were a great time for governments to release bad news. The week’s media cycle was drifting […]
Continue readingDavid Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: Air force generals’ pathetic lies: We’re waist deep in the Big Muddy
Col. Muammar al-Gaddafi with one of his Western friends. The Libyan dictator is stubbornly hanging on in the face of Western escalation and the promises of air power advocates.So, how is that “no-fly zone” over Libya that we Canadians so enthusiast…
Continue readingArt Threat: IDFA offers online films on “Arab Spring” – Docs on Middle East commemorate pro-democracy movement
Docs on the Middle East online for the first time.
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: Reassessing the Libyan Intervention
As the NATO bombing campaign in Libya nears the one month mark, we can – and indeed must – reassess our previous opinions on the Libyan intervention with the new information that has become available. There is a caveat that we should keep in mind befo…
Continue readingLaw is Cool: International Intervention in Libya
By David Olevson and Ekaterina Perchenok With the conflict in Libya and throughout the Middle East escalating every day, we must keep conscious of the inherent bias of our news outlets. While our hearts go out to civilians caught in the line of fire in this wave of unrest, collective international reaction must be carefully […]
Continue readingAkaash Maharaj - Practical Idealism: TVO’s The Agenda: The Arab Spring – Akaash Maharaj Videocast
In my broadcast essay for TVOntario’s The Agenda with Steve Paikin, I argue that despite our sometimes chequered history in the region, Western states have an obligation to enforce the Libyan no-fly zone, both to protect civilians and to ensure that the Arab Spring and the hopes for democracy in
Continue readingAkaash Maharaj - Practical Idealism: TVO’s The Agenda: The Arab Spring – Akaash Maharaj Videocast
In my broadcast essay for TVOntario’s The Agenda with Steve Paikin, I argue that despite our sometimes chequered history in the region, Western states have an obligation to enforce the Libyan no-fly zone, both to protect civilians and to ensure that the Arab Spring and the hopes for democracy in
Continue readingNEW MEDIA AND POLITICS CANADA: Monday Mayhem
Here’s the links to American wankery and International news that were covered on this morning’s radio show to help you get the week started.
Beginning with the Nobel winning economist Paul Krugman and his thoughts on what he calls the ‘Austerity D…
Continue readingLibya bombing mission – the NDP should not have supported this fools errand
Canadian CF-18s bomb Libyan ammunition depotHonestly, all the political parties supported this ‘mission’, but it’s disheartening to have the Dippers join in on this. Honestly, we’re stretched thin by Afghanistan. We should be out of Afghanistan, by now…
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