Friday, March 11, 2011

Libyan Policy



"Men avenge slight injuries, but not grave ones"










banned said...

And what has Oor Cathy had to say about it? You remember, Cathy Ashton, EU High Representative for Foreign Stuff.

Laban said...

She didn't like it. Now there's a surprise.

Just think, if there was an EU army, she'd be directing it.

Anonymous said...

We could be moving towards a "coalition of the willing", in other words a joint Anglo-French military/humanitarian operation.

Possibly Italy might join in, given the prospect of a flood of refugees arriving on her shores from Libya, in the event of a Gadaffi victory.

The latter would now be the worst possible outcome for the three EU countries concerned, and not just for their oil firms.

Laban said...

I think there could well be a Camp of the Saints style boat exodus, win or lose. After the Tunisia revolution five or ten thousand set sail for Lampedusa and Malta.

Gaddafi was being paid by Berlusconi to keep control of his borders and stop people sailing across to Lampedusa and Italy, which to be fair he was pretty effective at.

Unless Berlusconi can keep in his good books (and survive himself) I can see Gaddafi giving Europe even more of the huddled masses of Africa than they currently have.

Anonymous said...

But we dont have to let them in.

Will Sheward said...

While I'm no fan of the misguided SDSR, the fact that the Govt has "sold off Ark Royal and scrapped the Harriers" is irrelevant to the current situation.

The GR9s were strike aircraft with only a very limited anti-air role. Half a dozen Ark Royals with GR9s wouldn't help.

Any no-fly zone would more sensibly be imposed by land based aircraft flying from Med bases. Britain and France (the only European country with the inclination) could do this themselves with the political will to get involved. RAF Typhoons, French Rafales and AWACS and tanker aircraft from both countries provide more than enough capability.

Paulinus said...

The BBC has some responsibilty in this. Their coverage (which has some influence in the Arab world) was that of soixante-huitards wetting their pants in excitement at the thought of, you know, man, a revolution, yeah?

The poor buggers who rose up will doubtless take the punishment (elctrodes to the genitals followed by a bullet to the head, no doubt), while the Beeboids retreat to Islington and a consolatory glass of shiraz.

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