benghazi

Benghazi, Benghazi it could be a movie, at least the title of it.

In 1955 Benghazi had been released. The plot: never steal a treasure from desert people. See IMDB
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And now Gaddafi had his first air raid on his bab al-azizia, his command center. The dictator has to go, but how?

In 1982 when PLO chairman Arafat was under siege in Lebanon he begged for help "where are the Arabs?".
In 1991 coalition forces stood poised to drive Saddam Hussein from Kuwait.
Where were the Arabs in the coalition force?
Now on the first day of the raid on Tripoli, where are the Arabs?

Read the Al Jazeera story where are the Arabs?


Last week I had the feeling that there was going to be a war when some countries opposed the regime of colonel Gadaffi. The international world was to meek to make a fist. Only Thursday March 17 2011 the UN set resolution 1973.
I didn't like the thought of going to war to a country just on the other side of the Mediterranean. it isn't far away. Weeks to cycle. 3 hours flight.
I remembered the Dutch neutrality during the Great War, maybe we stayed neutral again. But no, the Dutch want to play a role in the international community. Where were we weeks ago?