Give Peace a Chance...not likely!

On the 26th of this month our son Martin turns 40. Helen and James suggested that he Join us for a meal at a restaurant. He is busy that evening and has suggested that we combine his birthday celebration with Joan’s birthday on April the 2nd. We think that that is a great idea and will dine at a restaurant that Joan had planned to visit had she been able to manage it. We will be thinking of them both when we get together on the 2nd.

Mr Gaddafi is holding out against the rebels and the combined forces of the western powers. It does look as though he will win unless the westerners go beyond their U.N. mandate and specifically target Gaddafi himself. The participating western nations are trying out their expensive hardware on Gaddafi’s troops and equipment. I guess they need real war conditions to do that. It seems that all wars start on some sort of pretext; this skirmish will no doubt turn into a minor war.
As with Iraq, the initial jubilation at the success of the U.S. will quickly turn to hatred if western forces set foot on the ground.

‘Give Peace a Chance’....not very likely!

The Russian have some conflicting views on Libya. Prime Minister Putin, who is almost ready for another tilt at the Russian Presidency has been heaping scorn on the ‘crusading’ western forces in the air over Libya. But President Medvedev has been very critical of Putin’s description of the so called crusade. See here. Looks like the warm up to the Presidential elections. I’d rather see Putin put out to pasture.