In a sign of how effective NATO has been, the UN is demanding a cease fire, so “aid” can get to the “civilians” in the “rebel” city of Misrata\/Misuratah.<\/p>\n
UN:\u00a0 Cease Fire!
\nQadaffi:\u00a0 Bombs away!
\nUN:\u00a0 Cease Fire, or Else!
\nQadaffi:\u00a0 Or else what?\u00a0 You’ll kill me?
\nUN:\u00a0 No, we’ll accuse you of War Crimes!
\nGadhaffi:\u00a0 Bombs Away!
\nUN:\u00a0\u00a0 No, Seriously.\u00a0\u00a0 Stop that!
\nGhadaphi:\u00a0 (fingers in ears)\u00a0\u00a0 Can’t Hear you!\u00a0 la la la
\nUN:\u00a0\u00a0 NATO, do something, damn it!
\nNATO:\u00a0\u00a0 Like what?
\nUN:\u00a0 Bomb something – make them stop!
\nFrance:\u00a0\u00a0 Hey, we still have some concrete bombs left
\nKadhafi:\u00a0\u00a0 Open the valves
\nSpain:\u00a0 What the @&#*\u00a0?\u00a0 Where did this oil come from?
\nItaly:\u00a0 Does that natural gas coming out of the pipeline smell funny to you?
\nKadhafi:\u00a0 Bombs away!
\nUS:\u00a0\u00a0 Now we’re pissed!\u00a0\u00a0 Send in the Marines….\u00a0 “from the halls of Montezuma…”
\nChina:\u00a0 I wouldn’t do that if I was you
\nUS:\u00a0 This is none of your damn business
\nHillary:\u00a0 Marines – Go!
\nPutin:\u00a0 Go!
\nUkraine:\u00a0 WTF?\u00a0\u00a0 where did those tanks come from?
\nUS:\u00a0 Superman, save us!
\nSuperman:\u00a0 Sorry, I’m a global citizen now.<\/p>\n
The NY Times, in its highly skilled understanding of military tactics is reporting that the Qadaffi troops have been “forced back” from the Western end of Misrata.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Troops from Misrate have no more chance of making it to Tripoli than Boston has of winning the world series.\u00a0\u00a0 Given that Misrata is now in a world of hurt, opening an exit on the siege has one of two obvious purposes…\u00a0 to lure people out of the protection of the buildings in the city to kill them, or to create a huge humanitarian crisis with a couple hundred thousand civilians with no water, no food, no gas for their cars trying to walk a couple hundred miles in the desert to get to Tunisia.<\/p>\n
I don’t understand well enough why Misrata is a rebel city – if it is a small portion of the city that supports the rebels or if there is some tribal \/ ethnic \/ historical opposition to Tripoli.\u00a0\u00a0 If the city is fundamentally against Kahdafi, then very bad things are about to happen.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 If there are people in the city who would go to Tripoli to join with the government, then they might be allowed to leave.\u00a0 Either way, expect the town to be burned to the ground.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In a sign of how effective NATO has been, the UN is demanding a cease fire, so “aid” can get to the “civilians” in the “rebel” city of Misrata\/Misuratah. UN:\u00a0 Cease Fire! Qadaffi:\u00a0 Bombs away! UN:\u00a0 Cease Fire, or Else! … Continue reading