Of wars and natural disasters

It would seem that the rebels in Libya are going to be beaten. That is a pity (in my opinion) as Gaddafi has such bad dress-sense he should go. Seriously though, all the middle-east kingdoms/dictatorships favour one colour of their citizens. Muslims have a bad case of Catholic/Protestant type conflict. Democracy is not their bag! If the rebels are indeed beaten there will be lots of blood-letting.

I do find it amazing that the Libyan rebels seem to have the middle-east fixation of shooting thousands of rounds of ammunition into the air when they will need it when Gaddafi’s forces close in.

I lose my objectivity and think that the USA should just charge in and knock out Gaddafi’s miltiary. It seems that the French government would like to flex it’s military muscle and once again be a world power and try out their military muscle. Right at the moment I would think that most westeners would agree, but later condemn the United States as an aggressor.

Earthquakes, Tsunamis, nuclear meltdowns plague Japan. All they need now is a huge volcanic eruption on Mt Fuji.

During WW2 in Papua New Guinea, the Japanese military occupied the New Britain port of Rabaul. Air strikes by U.S. and Australian bombers saved a couple of bombs for the active volcanoes of the Rabaul caldera hoping for a volcanic stir-up. Unfortunately for the allies the volcanoes remained dormant until the 1990s.
Rabaul town. Photo taken by me in 1961. Rabaul has since been wiped out by volcanic eruptions and the main centre shifted away to Kokopo.