tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post4378058828506876511..comments2024-02-26T00:59:26.907-08:00Comments on Ana the Imp: Foreign fiascosAnastasia F-Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-73576756373111553762011-05-09T15:17:20.521-07:002011-05-09T15:17:20.521-07:00CI, be assured that I will always respond. I have...CI, be assured that I will always respond. I have no objection whatsoever to intelligent disagreement.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-58477206749467391752011-05-09T05:17:08.925-07:002011-05-09T05:17:08.925-07:00Ana, we are agreed on the answers to your question...Ana, we are agreed on the answers to your questions! (Civilians are dying, no one civilian is less important than another, and ancient hatreds are easily re-ignited as secondary conflicts).<br /><br />Thank you for responding!<br />:-)Canary Islanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12559374655320416333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-54225883185916816432011-05-08T15:10:47.543-07:002011-05-08T15:10:47.543-07:00CI, are civilians then no longer dying? Are Libya...CI, are civilians then no longer dying? Are Libyan civilians somehow less important than civilians in Bahrain or Syria? Did you watch the news tonight? Have you seen how the Arab spring is turning on the ancient Christian community in Egypt? So many questions. No clear answers.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-69918581661466746352011-05-06T11:37:42.449-07:002011-05-06T11:37:42.449-07:00Ana, where is the gift in predicting that innocent...Ana, where is the gift in predicting that innocents will die on both sides in urban warfare? Which side carries the greater guilt in targeting civilians, and which side is responsible for the greater civilian body count? Indeed, which side targeted civilians first, thereby precipitating Resolution 1973?<br /><br />I agree we are unlikely to agree here, but it is all in good humour, so I'll confess my real interest. I'm hoping for an outcome for the "Arab Spring" that leaves Egypt (among others) looking both ways at once and remaining focused on domestic issues. <br />:-)Canary Islanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12559374655320416333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-87826512878536571122011-05-05T15:48:25.160-07:002011-05-05T15:48:25.160-07:00CS, what a sage there is in Robin Goodfellow.:-)CS, what a sage there is in Robin Goodfellow.:-)Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-79631008694753815722011-05-05T15:46:51.606-07:002011-05-05T15:46:51.606-07:00Anthony, as I tweeted today, a brilliant military ...Anthony, as I tweeted today, a brilliant military coup is turning into a political fiasco - Obama style.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-67499932354013400202011-05-05T15:45:05.655-07:002011-05-05T15:45:05.655-07:00Nobby, I agree with you ten times over! Are you o...Nobby, I agree with you ten times over! Are you on Twitter by any chance? I had a spot of fun today with the yes to AV crowd. :-)Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-56495838326491857582011-05-05T15:43:00.724-07:002011-05-05T15:43:00.724-07:00Richard, thanks. Now you intrigue me. I don'...Richard, thanks. Now you intrigue me. I don't know Jonson's work very well, a gap I intend to make good as soon as. I very much like what you are saying about his satires.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-89255968328607827472011-05-05T15:39:54.435-07:002011-05-05T15:39:54.435-07:00Jean Paul, yes, not even that.Jean Paul, yes, not even that.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-90403158653657236152011-05-05T15:38:13.149-07:002011-05-05T15:38:13.149-07:00CI, I know you and I have different views here fro...CI, I know you and I have different views here from past exchanges. But do please look again at my previous blogs on this subject. Can you not see that the various Cassandra-like predictions I made are coming true, though it gives me no pleasure to say so? It’s obvious that this mission has gone well beyond UN 1973, turning in to a grand attempt at murder, which has now taken out some of Gaddafi’s grandchildren, though no admission on the point will ever be made. Had they no right to protection? You and I will never agree on this but I respect your view and your right to make your view known.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-47992852202617615772011-05-05T13:48:30.599-07:002011-05-05T13:48:30.599-07:00As Puck remarked in "A Midsummer's Night ...As Puck remarked in "A Midsummer's Night Dream"..."Lord what fools these mortals be! " I don't think anyone has explained it better or shorter since then. Fear is our master. My best.COUNT SNEAKYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367090847525917503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-233897905967608142011-05-05T13:36:51.667-07:002011-05-05T13:36:51.667-07:00Osama has been dead for some time and they kept th...Osama has been dead for some time and they kept the Boogy-man in the closet for future use. It seems almost all administrations have to have a worst case public enemy for the public to focus on. Killing Osama now will be a popularity boost for Obama and deminish somewhat the threat in Afghanistan in the public opinion. This so they can concentrate on the agenda in Libya and there wont be a conflicting major demon with Gaddafi.anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02931330128135957439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-81713102014073418712011-05-05T08:30:38.593-07:002011-05-05T08:30:38.593-07:00It does seem odd Ana how these decisions to invade...It does seem odd Ana how these decisions to invade or not to invade are arrived at. Land locked countries are a problem I guess as the people of Tibet and their ancestors will have rightly claimed from 1950 onwards. Prior to this the British kicked themselves out of India and Chinese Communists took control of the region and have stayed ever since. I wonder when the Left will ever denounce Karl Marx? I digress. It is confusing isn't it Ana that Libya has recently gone from bad boy to good boy to bad boy again. This world of ours was predictable some years ago - not anymore. Too many amateurs in control of events they do not understand.Nobbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16329815721904353534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-76425502932278066542011-05-05T05:35:13.495-07:002011-05-05T05:35:13.495-07:00Brilliantly said Ana you're asking the questio...Brilliantly said Ana you're asking the questions that need to be asked. One might add Liberia to the list, Charles Taylor did some pretty nasty things, large numbers of people in townships wiped out by the covert infection of food products with a Prion, eugenics practised in the most cynical manner. It seems that the policies you seek to confront are written in a style Ben Jonson exposed mercilessly in his great satires about confidence tricksters, use as much smokescreen as possible and hope the punter won't get wise to the con. There is another possibilty. If a business had been run the way this country has been in recent years it would be bankrupt. We recently printed money. Have we picked a soft target for weapons manufacture? Nice place you have here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-49417236778577937462011-05-05T05:06:02.412-07:002011-05-05T05:06:02.412-07:00Yes, I'd like to say: it's just for the oi...Yes, I'd like to say: it's just for the oil, but no. Not even that.Jean Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11604470439372237292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-5376624297399636632011-05-05T02:59:03.722-07:002011-05-05T02:59:03.722-07:00Ana, the UN Security Council Resolution 1973 that ...Ana, the UN Security Council Resolution 1973 that approved the establishment of a no-fly zone over Libya (among other measures) was carried unopposed by 10 votes in favour and with 5 abstentions. The message to the international community was perfectly clear – to protect civilians from massacre by the overwhelming might of a heavily-armed military.<br /><br />And it was done, because it was the right thing to do, and because it could be done.<br />:-)Canary Islanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12559374655320416333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-5769035078847110342011-05-05T00:01:08.203-07:002011-05-05T00:01:08.203-07:00Michael, excellent advice. It's a pity it did...Michael, excellent advice. It's a pity it did not happen after 1905 also.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-38018638365854374422011-05-05T00:00:03.582-07:002011-05-05T00:00:03.582-07:00Harry, we can only pray now.Harry, we can only pray now.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-47052955593244655472011-05-04T23:59:30.369-07:002011-05-04T23:59:30.369-07:00Anthony, it's against all of our interests.Anthony, it's against all of our interests.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-16669648737877712702011-05-04T23:20:12.955-07:002011-05-04T23:20:12.955-07:00What you have to remember is that every year is Ye...What you have to remember is that every year is Year Zero for our politicians. History is what happened to someone else, somewhere else, not to them. Your second paragraph also hits the mark. Find out what the French are doing - and do the opposite. It worked for hundreds of years. Till 1905 in fact.Michael J McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15420031175369432868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-66651893730217693962011-05-04T21:34:50.419-07:002011-05-04T21:34:50.419-07:00Hi Ana,
NATO's involvement in Libya has almost...Hi Ana,<br />NATO's involvement in Libya has almost pushed the country to a civil war. I hope it would not end up like in Irak and Afghanistan.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05949573308782388848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-27928024932513618452011-05-04T17:23:12.029-07:002011-05-04T17:23:12.029-07:00For the US Payback for the Lockerbie fiasco and oi...For the US Payback for the Lockerbie fiasco and oil, for the Euros primarily oil.anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02931330128135957439noreply@blogger.com