Middle East
In the beginning, the USA and the EU were supportive of the Middle Eastern protests. But a column for Izvestia wrote this morning that the scale of the violence in Libya has sobered up many western politicians. The European fairytale didn’t exactly manifest itself in the Middle East and now Western governments are grabbing their heads with worry. Why? Well, if Libya stops exporting oil, Algeria decides to stop selling its gas, or southern Europe gets covered in a wave of refugees, the voting consumer will blame it on their leader, be it the prime minister of Rome, Paris or Berlin. But the ideological “church” of the USA and EU will no doubt present the chain of revolutions as evidence that democracy is the one true path for humans. This would be a colossal mistake. Hungry and violent political overthrows are not evidence of progress, but a symptom of a major crisis, that everyone needs to help find a way out of…
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- EU ministers call for end to Libya bloodshed (sfgate.com)
- Why Libya’s Uprising Is Bad for the World Economy (time.com)
- You: EU ministers condemned Libya bloodshed (washingtonpost.com)
- French president urges EU sanctions against Libya – USA Today (news.google.com)
- Evacuation of Canadians from Libya on hold: report (canada.com)
- Analysis: EU talks about North Africa but struggles to act (reuters.com)
- Cameron Says World May Need to Act to Stop Libyan Repression (businessweek.com)
- Libyan Unrests Send Global Oil Prices Soaring (time.com)
- Libya: Gaddafi Rages As World Talks Continue (news.sky.com)
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- WikiLeaks: AL-QADHAFI: TO RUSSIA, WITH LOVE? (windowstorussia.com)
- In USA, Freedoms Belong to the State! (windowstorussia.com)