New Era for Libya
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2011-08-22/new-era-libya
A new era for the people of Libya appears to be close at hand. The showdown between the NATO-backed rebels and the forces of Colonel Moammar Gadhafi quickly escalated over the weekend. Rebels burst into Tripoli from three directions and took control of the capital. But pockets of resistance remain. Last night President Obama said the momentum against the Gadhafi regime had reached "the tipping point." He said the U.S. will be in close coordination with the rebel leadership to help ensure a peaceful transition to democracy. Diane and a panel of analysts will discuss the latest developments in Libya and what lies ahead for the nation and its people.
Guests
Robin Wright
journalist, foreign policy analyst at the U.S. Institute of Peace and the Woodrow Wilson International Center, and editor of "The Iran Primer."
David Schenker
Aufzien fellow and director of the Program on Arab Politics at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and former top policy aide on the Arab countries of the Levant at the Pentagon.
Nadia Bilbassy
senior U.S. correspondent, MBC TV -- Middle East Broadcast Centre.
Comments
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Clearly we should all be celebrating the inevitable fall of another brutal dictator. But do any of your guest think that the support that the UK, France, US provided for Gaddafi over decades will be reflected upon honestly?
ALSO
The multinational oil companies must be circling around the Gaddafi's regimes carcass to gain control of 2% of the worlds oil in Libya? What can your guest tell us about this?
I hate to be a prophet of doom. However, my predictions of Iraq before US forces came true, that the Iraqi army was going to take off army uniform and disappear among civilians then wreck havoc there after.
Libyan government soldiers are now among the civilians waiting to wreck havoc, and they will.
Libya, by my prediction, is going to turn into another Somalia, piracy will surface in the Mediterranean and the Atlantic Ocean with Libya as their base.
There is going to arise a blood bath based on tribal differences, and on religious sects. Bad as Ghadaffi was, he was able to hold Libya together. It is going to disintegrate.
~Fred~
Yep not ok when Syria shuts down the worlds access to what is going on in Syria. They must have been taking notes when Israel kept international journalist from the Gaza...or how US MSM outlets do not cover what is going in the Israeli Palestinian conflict or Palestinian protest. Yep Syria taking notes
Fred....Paul Bremmer made sure that the Iraqi army was disbanded early on. James Garner removed he wanted to keep the Iraqi army intact not put those guys out on the streets to turn the situation into more havoc
Go watch "Iraq for Sale"
No end in Sight.
"James Garner removed he wanted to keep the Iraqi army intact not put those guys out on the streets to turn the situation into more havoc"
Didn't you just LOVE him in Rockford files?!