chuckwoww Posted March 11, 2011 Report Share Posted March 11, 2011 Well I agree the thread is supposed to be about Libya. But it didn't take long to get into US military history. You mentioned N.Korea as an example of a country with no oil. Now you want to bring MacArthur into it....Flash will be along soon to talk about corncob pipes. I was just using the Japanese reactor of an example of how quickly the headlines can change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckwoww Posted March 11, 2011 Report Share Posted March 11, 2011 Incidentally anybody still interested in what's going on in Libya would do well to read this article by William Pfaff... http://www.williampfaff.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=509 Also interesting are the traditional tribal rivalries in Libya... http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6511/is_4_44/ai_n28948866/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobbledonk Posted March 12, 2011 Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 I find the images of the fighting at Bin Jawad and Ras Lanuf rather surreal. I worked at that refinery back in 1987 and seeing ongoing battles on the roads I used to drive up and down everyday and the refinery in flames bring it home to me. Hmm, I'm starting to see a pattern .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh_Hoy Posted March 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 Incidentally anybody still interested in what's going on in Libya would do well to read this article by William Pfaff... http://www.williampfaff.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=509 Also interesting are the traditional tribal rivalries in Libya... http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6511/is_4_44/ai_n28948866/ Pfaff's essay is an interesting read. Not necessarily instructive or providing any new information. While I agree with his major thesis (best to stay the "f" away), I might disagree with a couple of his supporting statements. Yeah, I know: he knows more than I do about ME affairs (so do millions of others 55555555555) Mai pen rai. I'm sure there's more to the tribal matrix than the short synopsis provided in the second link. I'm hopeful that our bureaucrats are more fully educated on those alliances/animosities than the average folk. It MIGHT'VE influenced GWB's decision to invade Iraq (though I doubt it). And for the record, though I'm no peacenik, I was never in favor of invading Iraq. HH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckwoww Posted March 12, 2011 Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 I have trouble swallowing all the anti-Ghadaffi stuff in the Western media. I know he's no angel but I'm sure he has a lot more support in Libya than we are lead to believe. The rivalry between Benghazi and Tripoli goes back thousands of years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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