intervention in Libya was indeed a sorry surprise for me.
Didn't you notice right from the start the palpable difference between
what is happening in Libya and what is happening elsewhere? How in both
Tunisia and Egypt we really did see massive popular gatherings, whereas
in Libya there is nothing of the kind? An Arabist friend of mind has
concentrated in the last few weeks on translating the placards, banners,
posters and flags that were such a feature of the Tunisian and Egyptian
demonstrations: he couldn't find a single example of these in Libya, not
even in Benghazi. One very striking fact about the Libyan 'rebels',
which I'm surprised you didn't note, is that you don't see a single
woman, whereas in Tunisia and Egypt women are very visible. Didn't you
know that the French and British secret services have been organising
the fall of Gaddafi since last autumn? Aren't you amazed that, in
contrast to all the other Arab uprisings, weapons of unknown origin
emerged in Libya? That bands of young people immediately began firing
volleys in the air, something inconceivable elsewhere? Weren't you
struck by the emergence of a supposed 'revolutionary council' led by a
former accomplice of Gaddafi, whereas nowhere else was there any
question of the masses who had risen up appointing some people as a
replacement government?
Source:
http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2011/04/05/french-philosophy-a
nd-the-war-in-libya
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