There is still much to comment on in international politics. The rise and fall of Strauss-Kahn is altogether a sad story, and hardly ever has been seen before this degree of pre-trial judgement by the media, so let's hope to God that he is guilty. If his only defense is that he thought all this was voluntary, it's not going to stand its ground. The Libyan conflict certainly is dragging out, because the Western powers and their weapon companies have certainly been arming Gaddaffi well, both in terms of heavy and light weaponry. So far it looks as if he has been poking his nose at the alliance, because they didn't expect his sly tactics of letting his soliders dress up as rebels, and calling in allied air strikes on the rebels themselves. The most astonishing thing yet is how many people are willing to pose as human shields to save their beloved leader from the vicious attacks from NATO. When Gaddaffi told western media that his people loves him, he was right in his own twisted way. The pictures of children carrying banners in support of him are really breathtaking. NATO sends out messages every week that they now have crippled Gaddaffi, only to realize that his arsenals are still plentiful. And as it has been reported from the US debate, the engagement is about to become illegal, according to the security council resolution. The rebels are certainly not strong enough to topple him, and no land wants to take him in for refuge. Maybe Hugo Chaves should be asked again, for the sake of world peace.
The arabic spring is still raging on, and surely Gaddaffi's brave opposition to the NATO forces has strengthened the belief with the other Middle East leaders that violent repression is indeed possible because of the divide and fraglie nature of the international alliance, and the peoples of the Middle East countries have lost their faith in the western help, after seeing that the Syrian and Yemeni demonstrators that were killed had less value as civil opposition than the civilians in Libya.
Now the peoples of Europe are also starting to take to the streets in protest. But these rebellions are much more complex and the problems to solve are much more difficult to work out. And where the Middle East protesters easily get the support of the westerners against dictators, it is harder for the people of Greece to get support for why they should have retirement age at 50, when the average in northern Europe is at least ten or 15 years higher. The Spanish protesters want jobs, but it is not like toppling a democratically elected government will do away with that problem in the short term. Yet something must be wrong if half of the younger population is living off their parents at the age of 30 or 40.
