One more reason to dismiss Netanyahu's claims is that he has spent the last 20 year saying that Iran is just a year or two away from deploying a nuclear weapon. I suppose if he keeps it up he might eventually be proven correct, but that would be due to the continued passage of time, not due to his powers of prognostication.
It will be interesting to see how the public demonstrations will be affected by the start of Ramadan early next week. The heat of Cairo in July is no place to be for long without water or food.
We must hope that when the time comes most of Tripoli will indeed convincingly embrace the rebels, and explain their past support for Qadaffi as a matter of coersion rather than conviction. That surely is something the rebels would have to accept as credible given their own history under Qadaffi. That scenario would allow for some chance of post-war reconciliation rather than score-settling.
One more reason to dismiss Netanyahu's claims is that he has spent the last 20 year saying that Iran is just a year or two away from deploying a nuclear weapon. I suppose if he keeps it up he might eventually be proven correct, but that would be due to the continued passage of time, not due to his powers of prognostication.
It will be interesting to see how the public demonstrations will be affected by the start of Ramadan early next week. The heat of Cairo in July is no place to be for long without water or food.
Let us hope none of the Turkish naval vessels suffer the fate of the U.S.S. Liberty.
We must hope that when the time comes most of Tripoli will indeed convincingly embrace the rebels, and explain their past support for Qadaffi as a matter of coersion rather than conviction. That surely is something the rebels would have to accept as credible given their own history under Qadaffi. That scenario would allow for some chance of post-war reconciliation rather than score-settling.