The steely determination of an Obama to achieve justice, the embarrassing
grandstanding of a Romney, the destructive hatred of a handful of extremists in
Cairo and Benghazi, and the decency and warmth toward the US of the Libyan
crowds, all were thrown into stark relief by the beating of the butterfly’s
wings.
Presumably this does not include the crowds at the demonstrations at the
Benghazi consulate the day before. Obama's steely determination to achieve
justice. Sending warships and the marines to do what the Libyan government
should do?
A little-noted major event of Wednesday was the democratic selection of a new
prime minister in Libya for the first time in the country’s history. Mustafa
Abushagur defeated the Muslim Brotherhood candidate handily. Abushagur for a
long time taught college in the US, at the University of Alabama Huntsville.
The vote was 96 to 94.
http://news.yahoo.com/libyan-congress-pick-abu-shagour-next-pm-200817481.html
So rather than a commander of the rebels someone who had an academic career
and trained as an engineer in the U.S.and worked at RIT and who went back to
Libya only a year ago is now premier narrowly winning over a commander of the
rebels. There is liable to be division and resentment.
Cheers, ken
Blog: http://kenthink7.blogspot.com/index.html
Blog: http://kencan7.blogspot.com/index.html
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