Three down.
Greatly. The New York Times recently reported on a rally in Syria in support of Assad. Considering that there was similar support in Libya and elsewhere for Gaddafi, this article is ironically prescient.
Which two?
Embassy of the Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
2600 Virginia Ave NW, Suite 705
Washington DC 20037
email: libya@libyanbureaudc.org
Now what??
Now we wait a decade or too and see if they can get their act together.
No, now we move in and set up casinos and brothels! C’mon, it’s gonna happen, why should Salozzo’s family get in on that action first, huh?!
Wait . . .
Libya, not Cuba . . .
I know it’s a joke, but I’ll be astonished if the Sicilians, Napolitans, and Calabrians aren’t taking a good hard look at the possibilities.
Well it’s the end of Gaddafi. This is not the liberation of an already well established political system. The vacuum is going to be filled with people who have operated under a corrupt system as well as a tribal mentality of doing business. It’s going to be a rough ride.
Note to dictators, get a shave and a haircut before you try and sneak out of the country. You want to look your best when they drag your body through the streets.
"Drag mah body?! Sweetheart, Ah got it covered! ;)"
– Supreme Fashion Leader Chablis, Chairlady-for-Life of the Diva-lutionary Command Council
Finally, Qadaffi is no more. He has suffered the justice of his people like Mussolini and Ceauseceu. As I’ve said elsewhere at this rate Kim Jong-Il may be gone by Christmas.
Not a chance in hell. He figured it out loooooong ago. keep your people in the dark (literally) and carry a big stick.
going from North to South must be like seeing color for the first time for anybody who successfully escapes. Something akin to the Wizard of Oz moment.
Assad. Saleh.
Only if he dies of natural causes, in which case you’ll give credit to Bush.
Is Saleh that bad? Frankly, I know about nothing regarding Yemen politics.
That’s essentially what Hyok Kang said in This is Paradise!: My North Korean Childhood.
He’s certainly a dictator and there are certainly rebels. Some of whom are al-Qaeda and we don’t like them either, it’s a bit of a pickle.
A thousand apologies, Effendi, but Don al-Senussi is not liking intrusions of outsiders however illustrious into his, how you say, turf, and such effronteries they must to be punished with breakings of kneecaps. Is business, not personal.
Mubarak.
This is fun. ![]()
Mubarak’s gone. Alive, but gone. Assad and Saleh are going. Jordan is not. After Yemen and Syria fall, and they will, Iran’s going to be next in line, I think.
Or maybe Saudi Arabia. House of Saud’s scared shitless, for good reason. But they’re trying to bend over backwards, as much as they can, to appease people, so it’s more likely they’ll last a while longer.