The Obama Administration’s Spineless Response To Colonel Gaddafi's Reign Of Terror -- Niles Gardiner, The Telegraph
What is the White House’s strategy on the Libyan crisis? Quite simply there isn’t one. As Alex Spillius noted in his post yesterday, the US government has been remarkably meek on Libya. Like the EU, the Obama administration is stuck in classic deer in the headlights mode, offering little more than mealy-mouthed statements condemning the state-sponsored violence against anti-government protesters on the streets of Tripoli, Benghazi, Tobruk and other key Libyan cities, which has already claimed at least 1,000 lives.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
How will America handle the fall of its Middle East empire? -- Peter Oborne, The Telegraph
For the Mideast, a code for rising democracies -- Tzipi Livni, Washington Post
Why some Egyptians wish their revolution had never happened -- Sarah Lynch, Christian Science Monitor
Is the West Bank next? -- MJ Rosenberg, Al Jazeera
Raul Castro's Three-Year Report Card -- Ernesto Hernandez Busto, Real Clear World
Why Saudi Arabia can no longer temper oil prices -- Jeff Rubin, Globe And Mail
How the Irish Bubble Burst: The Emerald Isle’s story is a microcosm of the global economic crisis. -- Theodore Dalrymple, City Journal
Robert Fisk with the first dispatch from Tripoli - a city in the shadow of death -- The Independent
West may rue close ties to Libya's Gadhafi -- AP
Gaddafi follows past dictators -- Emad Mekay, Al Jazeera
Rebels Hope for Qaddafi’s Fall but Remain Fearful -- Kareem Fahim, New York Times
Experts say Gaddafi relying on paramilitary forces, foreign mercenaries to crush protests -- Washington Post
What future would a post-Gaddafi Libya face? -- Alison Pargeter, BBC
Endgame in Tripoli -- The Economist
Will Gaddafi Survive? -- CNBC
For the Mideast, a code for rising democracies -- Tzipi Livni, Washington Post
Why some Egyptians wish their revolution had never happened -- Sarah Lynch, Christian Science Monitor
Is the West Bank next? -- MJ Rosenberg, Al Jazeera
Raul Castro's Three-Year Report Card -- Ernesto Hernandez Busto, Real Clear World
Why Saudi Arabia can no longer temper oil prices -- Jeff Rubin, Globe And Mail
How the Irish Bubble Burst: The Emerald Isle’s story is a microcosm of the global economic crisis. -- Theodore Dalrymple, City Journal
Commentaries, Opinions, Analysis, And Editorials On Libya
Robert Fisk with the first dispatch from Tripoli - a city in the shadow of death -- The Independent
West may rue close ties to Libya's Gadhafi -- AP
Gaddafi follows past dictators -- Emad Mekay, Al Jazeera
Rebels Hope for Qaddafi’s Fall but Remain Fearful -- Kareem Fahim, New York Times
Experts say Gaddafi relying on paramilitary forces, foreign mercenaries to crush protests -- Washington Post
What future would a post-Gaddafi Libya face? -- Alison Pargeter, BBC
Endgame in Tripoli -- The Economist
Will Gaddafi Survive? -- CNBC
How the Irish Bubble Burst: The Emerald Isle’s story is a microcosm of the global economic crisis. -- Theodore Dalrymple, City Journal
Robert Fisk with the first dispatch from Tripoli - a city in the shadow of death -- The Independent
West may rue close ties to Libya's Gadhafi -- AP
Gaddafi follows past dictators -- Emad Mekay, Al Jazeera
Rebels Hope for Qaddafi’s Fall but Remain Fearful -- Kareem Fahim, New York Times
Experts say Gaddafi relying on paramilitary forces, foreign mercenaries to crush protests -- Washington Post
What future would a post-Gaddafi Libya face? -- Alison Pargeter, BBC
Endgame in Tripoli -- The Economist
Will Gaddafi Survive? -- CNBC
Why was President Obama last to speak up on Libya? -- Washington Post editorial
On Libya we can't let ourselves be scarred by Iraq -- Ian Birrell, The Guardian
Silenced for decades, crowds in 'Liberated Libya' berate Qaddafi -- Dan Murphy, Christian Science Monitor
Statements won't halt Gadhafi's crimes -- Michael Young, Daily Star
On Libya we can't let ourselves be scarred by Iraq -- Ian Birrell, The Guardian
Commentaries, Opinions, Analysis, And Editorials On Libya
Robert Fisk with the first dispatch from Tripoli - a city in the shadow of death -- The Independent
West may rue close ties to Libya's Gadhafi -- AP
Gaddafi follows past dictators -- Emad Mekay, Al Jazeera
Rebels Hope for Qaddafi’s Fall but Remain Fearful -- Kareem Fahim, New York Times
Experts say Gaddafi relying on paramilitary forces, foreign mercenaries to crush protests -- Washington Post
What future would a post-Gaddafi Libya face? -- Alison Pargeter, BBC
Endgame in Tripoli -- The Economist
Will Gaddafi Survive? -- CNBC
Why was President Obama last to speak up on Libya? -- Washington Post editorial
On Libya we can't let ourselves be scarred by Iraq -- Ian Birrell, The Guardian
Silenced for decades, crowds in 'Liberated Libya' berate Qaddafi -- Dan Murphy, Christian Science Monitor
Statements won't halt Gadhafi's crimes -- Michael Young, Daily Star
On Libya we can't let ourselves be scarred by Iraq -- Ian Birrell, The Guardian