New Labour Campbell on Cameron

Alastair Campbell ‘s Blog: The most hated man in the UK ( self described on Question Time ) has some nice words for Coalition PM David Cameron, “ …it seems fair to point out how well he has done with regard to Libya in the last few days. ”. When it comes to Libya this blog had Libya as the line in the sand for this Coalition Government, this blog has defend the Coalition on many fronts, but if the Coalition had not taken its tough stand this blog would have deserted the Coalition and the Conservative Party under David Cameron. It made this blog proud to be from the UK to see PM Cameron pushing for a no fly zone weeks before the UN resolution, also the Coalition achieved what Tony Blair failed to do, it got the UN to in essence sanction regime change, the Allies have to get Gaddafi out. Lets be clear this blog supported the Iraq War, but since the failure in post war planning for Iraq and the UK getting chucked out of Basra for a second time this blog had move to being critical of Tony Blair when it comes to Iraq and his spin chief the above Alastair Campbell. The UK it seem has one of the leadership roles with France when it comes to Libya, thus Gaddafi should be leave or be buried in Libya, after his removal the people of Libya should have the right to develop their own system of government. Good luck to the RAF.

Obama on Libya = Terms NOT Negotiable

Guardian: Reports that President Obama has stated tough terms for Libya, and that they are not negotiable. The hardest demand for Libya is that Gaddafi’s forces removes themselves from the rebel towns, in other words give up control of most of the major cities of Libya. This statement from President Obama was tough, his lack of wanting to leadership was worrying, does not help with the Presidential Image, and its an election year next year. Lets be clear at the end of this crisis Colonel Gaddafi can not still be the leader of Libya, that outcome would undermine the UN and the West. Thus its time for Obama, Cameron etc to finish this nut once and for all, finish what Reagan started in the mid 80s.

What Ceasefire - Libya

Telegraph: Reports that the security forces of Colonel Gaddafi are stilling using violence against the opposition in the West and East of Libya. The Allies this time have to finish it in Libya, one can postulate that Gaddafi will play PR games, declare a ceasefire then carry on with the violence, the Allies should just ignore the nut, the airpower of the Allies with special forces should be enough to finish off the Gaddafi regime within a week, destroy Gaddafi’s tanks, also prevent Gaddafi from using his planes and helicopters, make it clear that Gaddafi has a choice, leave Libya or be buried there, that should be the only choice, no if, buts or any wiggle room.

Death in Afghanistan

MOD: Reports that a British Soldier has died today in Afghanistan, the Soldier was from the “ 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment (2 PARA) ”. Thus since 2001 the UK has lost 360 of its Armed Forces Personnel in Afghanistan, of that total it has lost 316 in combat action and 44 due to illness, accidents or other incidents.

The UN vs. Colonel Gaddafi

Thus on Thursday night the UN showed it was not another League of Nations by passing UN Resolution 1973, this will allow the West with its Arab allies to protect the people of West and East Libya from the security forces of Colonel Gaddafi, it will be interesting in the hours and days ahead to see what the Allies, in this case the US, UK, France do about Gaddafi, the Oval has talked to London and Paris, the Allies as stated by the White House want the following, “ …The leaders agreed that Libya must immediately comply with all terms of the resolution and that violence against the civilian population of Libya must cease. The leaders agreed to coordinate closely on next steps, and to continue working with Arab and other international partners to ensure the enforcement of UN Security Council resolutions on Libya. ” This in pure political terms in the best time to get rid of Colonel Gaddafi, not to play about him, no more talks, just give him a deadline to get his backside out of Libya or face the combined air power of the Allies and the destruction of the Gaddafi Regime. It seems Obama has gone beyond his ego, one could argue that he has been forced to by the UK and France, if POTUS plays he his cards right he can make sure that he gets re-elected in 2012 by taking the political scalp of the mad dog himself, Colonel Gaddafi.