Thursday, March 31, 2011

Thoughts on Libya and the Arab Awakening

Several people contacted me to address the situation in the Middle East and provide an analysis of it.  To be honest, you could write several books on just the development of the past few months, and in my opinion, you need to break down and analyze each of the countries.  Yes there are common themes in each of these areas, but you have to examine the exact situation with regards to economics, domestic politics, international politics, society, demographics, etc.  For starts, I'll offer my perspective on the situation in Libya, as this has become the most pressing issue of the day. 

In doing so, I will address several key areas.  I will begin by commenting on the recent development of events in the country and touch on the domestic politics of the state that led to the current situation.  I will then look at the international reaction to this incident and how its portrayed in the media.  Following this, I hope to analyze potential US policies on the area in an attempt to determine what the best course of action will be to take.


But to begin, here's a collection of political cartoons to spark future interest:








As well, with all of the events and issues of the world that are going on, I figure I should develop a separate blog to address all of these problems.  That will allow me to use this blog on more discussion on principles and the ills of our society that will remain separate from current events and politics.  But that's just something for the future, probably when I get time in a week or two.

11 comments:

  1. Looking forward to this blog, I can see some very intresting comments ahead.

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  2. Good read, even better cartoons! My thought's are with those who lost relatives. Keep me updated please, will follow.

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  3. those are some nice cartoons

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  4. I don't think we belong in Libya, especially when we're already in a war...

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  5. I can totally relate to the 1st pic. Gas prices are off the roof here

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  6. People are willing to do anything for oil it seems.

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  7. nice series. very nice indeeed.

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  8. Interesting read. Looking forward to reading more mate.

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  9. why dont we just invest in alternative fuel vs raiding more countries we dont belong in

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  10. These are some really great political toons. I love them.

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