Short Libya Update

Reuters reports:

“ROME (Reuters) – Western countries voiced concern on Thursday that tensions in Libya could slip out of control in the absence of a functioning political system, and they urged the government and rival factions to start talking.”

The American press rushes to cover the “breaking news”, while showing little inclination to stick with stories.  I wonder where Colin Powell is on the Libya debacle, since he so adamantly berated the Bush administration that “if you break it,  you bought it”.  Guess, that rule only applies to the Bush foreign policy adventures.  With this administration’s  topsy-turvy  gun policy, where this president wants to disarm American citizens, while secretly arming rebel factions in far-flung foreign locales, who can make sense of it all.  Was this President arming Ukraine rebels in the lead up to this crisis?  Anyone investigating this allegation?  No, of course not, this administration wouldn’t lie about gun-running……

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