Photo: Muammar Qaddafi STR / ReutersWhy Libya's Qaddafi Could Survive Like Saddam In 1991 -- Scott Peterson, Christian Science Monitor
Rather than the euphoric victories in Tunisia and Egypt, Libya's conflict now evokes another uprising: Iraqis' 1991 failed bid to overthrow Saddam Hussein, who ruled for another 12 years.
With cool confidence, a Libyan expatriate arrives at this remote border with a small fortune in donations and imminent regime change on his mind.
From the outside, it looks easy: He predicts that Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi has perhaps 10 days before the people power Arab revolt sweeps him away like it already has the authoritarian leaders of Tunisia and Egypt.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
What I Don’t See at the Revolution -- Christopher Hitchens, Vanity Fair
The Battle Between Iran and Saudi Arabia -- George Friedman, Real Clear World/Stratfor
Why the Saudi Royals are Scared -- Bruce Riedel, Daily Beast
What the Arab World's Past Can Tell Us About Its Future -- Bernhard Zand, Spiegel Online
Obama's new Gitmo policy is a lot like Bush's old policy -- Dana Milbank, Washington Post
In West Africa, fears that Ivory Coast's conflict could spread -- Elizabeth Dickinson, Foreign Policy
A blow to religious freedom in Pakistan -- Michael Gerson, Washington Post
Expect More Islamist Attacks -- Robert Maginnis, Human Events
Stoking irrational fears about Islam -- Eugene Robinson, Washington Post
Boxcutters on Flight From JFK -- No, We're Not Safer Than Before 9/11 -- Michael Boyd, FOX News
Our betrayal of the Lockerbie victims returns to haunt us -- Boris Johnson, The Telegraph
Commentaries, Opinions, Editorials, And Analysis On The Libyan Civil War
American Inaction Favors Qaddafi -- Christopher Hitchens, Slate
How Food Could Determine Libya's Future -- Christopher R. Albon, The Atlantic
Between Gadhafi and Eastern Libya, a Mutual Distrust -- Wall Street Journal
How Qaddafi helped fuel fury toward Africans in Libya -- Clair MacDougall, Christian Science Monitor
Welcome to the Libyan front. Have a juice box. -- Dan Murphy, Christian Science Monitor
Muammar Gaddafi's opposition: How Libya's revolt has stalled -- Martin Chulov, The Guardian
Viewpoint: 'Overwhelming' moral case for military path -- BBC
Libya’s civil war could destabilize Africa -- Peter Goodspeed, National Post
NATO should prepare for war in Libya -- National Post editorial
Echoes of Spain in Libya's Civil War? -- Tony karon, Yahoo News/Time
The U.S. Should Keep Out of Libya -- Richard Haas, Wall Street Journal