This Libya no fly zone thing..

[swamp]

Well the resolution was passed after all.

tbh I have no idea what will happen now.

Prolonged civil war.

[Mich the Tester]

I must congratulate the UN security council on confounding the predictions of CUK's panel of ex-spurts.

[Mich the Tester]

Prolonged civil war.

Likely to happen either way.

[PAH]

Unless they start enforcing it today, and offer significant defence to the rebels, they may be too late to do anything.

Why not pay the mercenaries to switch sides instead, seeing as it appears outside muscle is what's making the difference between Gadaffi and the rebels.

[MrMark]

The regime has just announced a "ceasefire". Hoping no doubt to keep things quiet for a few days, then crush the rebels at a later date. Question is, will the uprising take heart from all this?

[amcdonald]

Scotland must be really miffed, it really is the final insult

After all their troubles with Libya...

Midge season is just around the corner and Libya gets a no fly zone

[PAH]

Scotland must be really miffed,Midge season is just around the corner

Sod the midges, it's the horse flies I hate, the b'stards that bite chunks out of you.

Probably my second enduring memory from trips to Scotland over the years. First enduring memory was trying out the nightclub in Edinburgh the locals called Jurassic Park*. Thought it was funny until I found out they weren't joking.

* full of monsters, for the slow of thinking.

[AlfredJPruffock]

History shows us that the consequences of western intervention are almost always disastrous and not in the interests of those it claims to support."

[EternalOptimist]

History shows us that the consequences of western intervention are almost always disastrous and not in the interests of those it claims to support."

Aye.
but you know what it's like Alf. dammned if you do, dammned if you dont

[CheeseSlice]

The regime has just announced a "ceasefire". Hoping no doubt to keep things quiet for a few days, then crush the rebels at a later date. Question is, will the uprising take heart from all this?

I think its more of a "we're ceasefiring" to the international community, then just getting on with more bombing in the background. The giveaway is that Libyan state TV haven't said anything about a cease fire.

Thankfully it sounds like the UN are wise to Gaddafi's lies and are just going to get on with the dirty work anyway.... well, sounds like it anyway.