The United States and Libyan rebels have rejected a new offer from the regime of Col. Muammar Gaddafi as the conflict in Libya enters its fifth month. Gaddafi’s son, Saif al-Islam, had said his father would hold elections within three months and would step down if he lost. But the Obama administration rejected the proposal, calling it “too late.” NATO warplanes have resumed bombing Tripoli as rebels attempt to advance on the Libyan capital. The rebels say at least 16 of their fighters were killed Thursday in what appears to be an errant NATO air strike. NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said the international attack on Libya is weakening the Gaddafi regime.
Saker Message:
If a legitimate election were held today Qaddafi would likely win. It’s always “too late” for the kind of democracy that produces results the US and Israel and their collaborators don’t like.
Exposing the anti Gadaffi propaganda and the real reason they’re out to get him:
http://countercurrents.org/janson160611.htm
Qaddafi is a puppet like Mubarak was one.
Set up like bowling pins. Oil and water are what Libya has, and a strategic location, and money that can be stolen. When the West makes it to Nigeria and rearranges deck chairs much more in favor of Shell, then the politics will get very interesting.
While I do not acccept the Peak Oil thesis, I do accept peak greed, in that there are limits to the “cheap” proven reserves.