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cimmaron---i'm not at all sure about that last step. i see what's happening in libya as of a piece with what's happening across north africa and the middle east---very similar generational emphasis, very similar solidarities. it's not a repeat of the older-school tribal nexus. it really isnt---with the exception of the social base for gadhafi's regime.
the problems are organizational, really. now that this has become war theater--thanks to the hamfisted and brutal response of gadhafi to the rebellion--there's a lot of pressure on the council in benghazi--which is only a couple weeks old, fer chrissake--to become very quickly a full blown political opposition---which it isnt---its more an expression of opposition----and a military organization---which it isn't.
i don't think the rebels are a lost cause, however. i think they have very considerable support and it's short-sighted at the least to not see that (if you look at all.) but the situation is most curious and evolving extremely fast.
fact is that the only people who are certain about what's going to happen don't know what they're talking about.
and like i said, i support the action but with significant reservations. i support it because it prevented a massacre on a greater scale than gaza.
but it's a complicated situation.
i mean, clearly the europeans who buy 80% of libya's oil want to play with another group in power....
but i gots to go...
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