Reply #65: I agree w/ you, sir, that the conflict in Libya has not yet risen... [View All]

[al bupp]

to the level of genocide. However, I think your PNAC theory has to be shoe-horned to fit the facts across the Middle East. In the case of Egypt, the events there hardly dove-tailed w/ either Israeli or US policies and diplomatic stances. At the time, there was much tut-tutting of events in Tahrir Square by Israeli authorities, and the, shall we say "measured" response of the US has been well documented, as well.

I think ascribing the popular uprisings across the ME to PNAC machinations gives them rather too much credit, and diminishes to the point of absurdity the crucial role of youth movements. These protests started organically, and spread to Libya, where they unfortunately encountered a ruler not too squeamish about opening up, more or less indiscriminately on his own populace. Some might call it the Arab street waking up. I somehow doubt that such an awakening really serves neo-con interests. After all weren't they happy to do business w/ Mubarak for 30 years?