And Libya goes on...

[slapout9]

Interesting read.

But why go after the cronies to the exclusion of Mister Big himself?

Your right, but think of it more like a back up plan IF you can't get to Mr. Big.
And also you want to focus on their PRIVATE property as you point out you want to avoid attacking the public, and public infrastructure. And yes you should show it on TV. Let the people no your are attacking the thugs!! not the people as a whole.

[davidbfpo]

Mary Kaldor has long argued for a better strategy to advance human security and the mismatch between conventional Western military capabilities.

Sub-titled:

In the end the prospects for democracy depend on whether the rebels can mobilise support politically throughout Libya. The problem with the military approach is that it entrenches division. Our preoccupation with classic military means is undermining our capacity to address growing insecurity.

I can follow the argument, but it does jar when she writes;

..quite apart from the cost of such equipment, time and again our knee jerk reaction to crisis is air strikes because that is what we have the capability to do.

As for 'safe havens' in Libya, I cannot see anyone wanting to place 'boots on the ground'.

Link:http://www.opendemocracy.net/mary-ka...n-intervention

[JMA]

Your right, but think of it more like a back up plan IF you can't get to Mr. Big.
And also you want to focus on their PRIVATE property as you point out you want to avoid attacking the public, and public infrastructure. And yes you should show it on TV. Let the people no your are attacking the thugs!! not the people as a whole.

Yes I think this is a good approach, certainly likely to have a greater effect on the regime concerned than to merely bomb troops and their stuff and the infrastructure. Make it personal and let the cost of supporting Mister Big be very high.

[Wargames Mark]

Is it me, or is there something missing from the meaning of the word covert here?