Wednesday, March 30, 2011

[R2P] RIGHT TO PETROLEUM- Libya-Japan-Europe maintaining the flow of commerce.

[R2P] RIGHT TO PETROLEUM- Libya-Japan-Europe maintaining the flow of commerce.  

 

[Maintaining the flow of commerce]

 

Quote: Sometimes, the course of history poses challenges that threaten our common humanity and common security—responding to natural disasters, for example; or preventing genocide and keeping the peace; ensuring regional security, and [MAINTAINING THE FLOW OF COMMERCE.] Unquote, from the speech of King Obama I of the American-Israeli Military Industrial Complex – the [EMPIRE], and the main objective is the maintaining of the flow of commerce, which means that the sputtering Western Economy must not be allowed to stall and fall into a decline, but at the least continue to limp along as the West continues to seek a way out of its economic malaise.

   

[And Once Again; Libya, Japan, and Europe]

 

With the Nuclear Plant Meltdowns, Japan has had to made some very hard decisions concerning its industry [Commerce], which included the transfer of a large part of its automotive industry to the American-Israeli Military Industrial Complex – the [EMPIRE], which leaves many Japanese without employment and Japan paying a [Sympathy Extortion Tax] for the maintenance of [EMPIRE] troops of occupation on the Island of Okinawa. But Japan can not afford to lose all of its industry [Commerce], and still requires energy [OIL] to support remaining industries and now both Japan and Europe must be provided with [OIL] to maintain their flow of [Commerce], and this is were Libya comes into play, that Oil for Japanese and European industry [Commerce], and has to be provided for and that means Japan with its re-entry into the [OIL] Market has put a strain upon the world wide demand for [OIL], which can be determined as cost per barrel of oil against electrical hrs. For the second day in a row price of oil is [74/$105/USD's$] per barrel, having stopped for the day its [1.4/$2/USD$] per day price level increase, holding and at [92/$130/USD's$] per barrel the [EMPIRE's] economy stalls according to economic strategist, therefore the price of crude must be maintained well below that amount, which requires that all existing [OIL] must be held by the [EMPIRE] to a price level that will allow for the flow of [Commerce] which is tied directly to flow of [Oil] at a price per barrel below the breaking price of [92/$130/USD's$] per barrel. This is why Libya will be partitioned, as the most simple, and least expensive solution as a prolonged occupation adds to the cost which has to be made up directly by the cost per barrel of [OIL]. Libya is four times the size of Germany or the [EMPIRE] state of Wisconsin with about a quarter of it having [Oil] reserves, the rest is simple not worth the cost of occupation, the solution is the partition of a small strip running the Mediterranean Sea and the eastern [OIL] rich section of the country, and therefore regime change, is not required to achieve the partitioning and plundering of Libyan [OIL]. The advantage of Libya not ousting Gaddafi, is the bad [PR] Public Relations that it would send thru the media and may help to stop the demand for Nuclear Weapons technology, with delivery systems demands of those countries that may feel the need for such weapons to ensure their sovereignty and resources, thru [R2P] combined with regime change.

 

[The Prize remain's the Caspian Sea Basin]

 

The decision has been made by the [EMPIRE] to suck Libya Dry of [OIL], while paying little or nothing for the product, taking [IOU's] with interest attached which will be paid in lower costs per barrel of [OIL], basically something for nothing just the cost of production, allowing for [maintaining the flow of commerce]. In the view of the [EMPIRE], Libya is being sacrificed for the great good, their greater good, maintaining the flow of commerce to the [EMPIRE]. But, the Prize still remains and that is The Caspian Sea Basin: [IRAN], to supply the Nabucco Pipeline with it's estimated at (7.25 Trn.Cu.Mts.) Seven-two-five trillion cubic meters, yet to be developed underneath the Caspian Sea, along with (1/5th) One-fifth, (20%) Twenty-Percent of the remaining global oil reserves. Start small and think big, if you can use [R2P] in one Islamic Country, and get away with it why not The Prize [IRAN]. The [EMPIRE] is very consistent in its moves to lay a Nuclear Necklace running from [FOOTHOLD GERMANY] to [FOOTHOLD OKINAWA] to contain what it can not hope to militarily defeat, three of the four [BRIC] members who hold [OIL] assets, The Russian Federation, India and The Peoples Republic of China, while at the same time using [NATO] the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in the African Theater of Operations.

 

HERCULE TRIATHLON SAVINIEN

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

LIBYA [R2P X 2] RIGHT TO PARTITION AND PLUNDER

LIBYA [R2P X 2] RIGHT TO PARTITION AND PLUNDER – Oil, Immigration, and Tactical Location.

 

[Libya Oil and Japan]

 

With the Nuclear Plant Meltdowns, Japan has had to made some very hard decisions concerning its industry, which included the transfer of a large part of its automotive industry to the American-Israeli Military Industrial Complex – the [EMPIRE], which leaves may Japanese without employment and Japan paying a [Sympathy Extortion Tax] for the maintenance of [EMPIRE] troops of occupation on the Island of Okinawa. But Japan can not afford to lose all of its industry, and still requires energy to support such industry which means it need OIL, and this is were Libya comes into play, that Oil for Japanese industry has to be provided for and that means that Japan has entered the oil market once again and to a large amount. At present the price of oil is [74/$105/USD's$] per barrel, and at [92/$130/USD's$] per barrel the [EMPIRE's] economy stalls according to economic strategist, therefore the price of crude must be maintained well below that amount, which requires that all existing Oil must be held in [EMPIRE] friendly hands. This is the partition of Libya is the most simple solution, to ensure the plunder of its oil reserves. Libya is four times the size of Germany or the [EMPIRE] state of Wisconsin with about a quarter of it having Oil reserves, the rest is simple not worth the cost of occupation, the solution is the partition of a small strip running the Mediterranean Sea and the eastern oil rich section of the country, and therefore regime change, is not required to achieve the partitioning and plundering of Libya. The advantage of Libya not ousting Gaddafi, is the bad [PR] Public Relations that it would send thru the media and may held to stop the demand for Nuclear Weapons technology, with delivery systems demands of those countries that may feel the need for such weapons to ensure their sovereignty and resources, thru [R2P] combined with regime change.  

 

[Defending Europe from African Black Horde Illegal Immigration!]       



Defending Europe from the African Black Horde of Illegal Immigration, thru Libya and there is more than a little racism involved in the Libyan War of Choice of King Obama I, and a lot of questions As Nabeel Rajab, President of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights, asks quote; Has Obama and the West forgotten about the equally murderous repression in Cote d'Ivoire? Or do black Africans killing each other still not matter to Americans, even to the son of an African? Don't they deserve a no-fly zone too? Unquote. Libya has been forced to conscript teenage Black African boys into the fight to prevent the [EMPIRE's] Crusaders Armies from the Partitioning and Plundering of Libya, young boys forced to become men at an early age and given arms to defend their own lands, resources, and their own future in the [21st] Century, against yet another Crusader onslaught. As Gaddafi had struck a deal with the western devils in which for the past [40] years Libyan border police and coast guard, were trained and assisted by the [EU] European Union, and Gaddafi was of great value in assisting the 'good Europeans,' Italy, and France, in helping keep out the Black African Horde now having been replaced by a massive coalition of the un-willing naval blockade of Libya, to keep who contained, the Black African Horde of Africa on African soil and not European! You break a deal you spin the wheel of fate and it can be expensive [0.71B/$1B$USD's] per week, of Libyan [IOU's].

 

[Tactical Location]

Libya serves as the most logical militarily tactical location on the Northern sector of Africa sitting between Tunisia, Algeria and Egypt half way between the rocks of Gibraltar and the Suez Canal, which can be maintained with a smaller army of occupation of superior weapons advantage, within a partitioned Libya.

 

HERCULE TRIATHLON SAVINIEN    

Sunday, March 27, 2011

QUESTIONS OF THE DAY - Q: Jahner / A: Savinien

QUESTIONS OF THE DAY – Q: Jahner / A: Savinien

 

 

KYLE JAHNER SAYS: Did the U.S. create the policies that result in backwards economies lacking in opportunity and dominated by cronyism, for example?

 

TRIATHLON REPLYS: The American-Israeli Military Industrial Complex - the [EMPIRE] does in fact support the development and maintaining of backwards economies dominated by dictators and despots, who exploit there own populations, thru what ever means even cronyism, as long the [EMPIRE's] self interests are achieved, and that is control of the worlds most value resources be it oil, nickel, rare-earth, gold, and the list goes on.

 

KYLE JAHNER SAYS: Did the U.S. ask Gaddafi to start mowing down his own people?

 

TRIATHLON REPLYS: The [EMPIRE] and its mouth pieces are now putting out the idea of selective determination of which guys are bad guys, and where to intervene, Gaddafi on the scale of being a mass murder is a small fish as compared to the Great Whites, feeding at leisure left out there, and then there is the question of mowing down his own people [TRIBE] the third largest in the country, or fighting rebels backed by the [EMPIRE] who had been in country months before starting a revolution centered around the rich oil section of the country. This is about OIL.

 

KYLE JAHNER SAYS:  After all, how fair is it to blame Libya's problems and struggles on the man running the country and ordering teenage African boys to attack his own people?

 

TRIATHLON REPLYS:  It is one thing to order a person to do something and another to get compliance, these boys of Africa are now men of Africa, given arms to defend their own lands, their own future, it is their decision to fight or not fight, and who was supporting the dictator in power for how many years this has all been [EMPIRE] Western Hypocrisy. 

 

KYLE JAHNER SAYS: Care to actually address some actual solutions to the problems the region faces?

 

TRIATHLON REPYS: You list the one's you want to have addressed and we will reply, but now would you care to actually address the problems that have been created by [R2P] Right to Plunder the Worlds Resources in the name of Protecting the People, the selected certain groups of people or is it those who have resources the [EMPIRE] wants to plunder. Do you think Al Qaeda will not respond against France the most logical and aggressive of the west plunders, or that those wanting to protect themselves from the west will not develop nuclear weapons and delivery systems to protect their resources and sovereignty, the Pandora's Box is Open now how do you shut it?

 

KYLE JAHNER SAYS:  Or would you just like to continue blaming America and Israel for all of the Arab world's problems, like an Arab dictator would?

 

TRIATHLON SAYS: And, a One World Government of the [EMPIRE] is more in line with peace on earth good will to men, as they plunder the worlds resources and allow the open air concentration camp of Gaza, and selective good Arab dictators as was the case in Libya, and is in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, dictators who allow the [EMPIRE] to plunder there resources of their country?

 

KYLE JAHNER SAYS:  As I said, there is no right answer from the west. We do nothing to protect Arabs in Palestine, we get criticized. We intervene to stop the deaths of Arabs in Libya, and we get criticized. At least pick one so we can adjust.

 

TRIATHLON REPLYS: There is always a better answer, no answers are perfect, but military answers are the very last option, your answer is  that it is the fault of the [EMPIRE], its answer is always the Pentagon Saber, and not the Peace Process of Diplomacy, and it never will be its about the plundering of the recourses of the World, and its [SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP] with the most hated Apartide Government in the World Israel, some say Fox News claim of Fair and Balances is Hypocritical, the same applies to the [EMPIRE] in whole.

 

HERCULE TRIATHLON SAVINIEN 

ZEROING IN ON FRANCE!

[IOU'S] AND STOLEN LIBYAN MONEY! How the war is funded!

 

[IOU'S for boots on the ground]

 

The American-Israeli Military Industrial Complex, the [EMPIRE] along with the [UK] United Kingdom, and France are raiding Libyan's cookie jar to paid for its [R2P] Right to Plunder, the middle east. Gaddafi [$30B/USD's] stuffed away in the [EMPIRE] that was the money of the Libyan People, well guess what that is now [30] weeks of No Fly Zone time paid for at the cost of the Libyan People, who are now paying for the destruction of the infrastructure of their own country, and the closed door [IOU] meeting held in France, between quote Libyan Rebels unquote was about the purchase on credit of military assistance [BOOTS ON THE GROUND] that means Special Forces, Special Air Services, and Central Intelligence, its the standard playbook plan, which MISSSION CREEPS into combined operations, and then into more support is needed with forces of the [EMPIRE] need to provide that added little punch, this is all classic textbook Pentagon by the numbers operations. The money had to come from some where, the [EMPIRE /QE's] have run their course. There is no Mission Creep; it is Mission Accomplished, a foot in the door, while laying ground work for its attack on the PRIZE IRAN.

 

[Empire Consistency]

 

 There is and always has been Consistency by the [EMPIRE], and that consistency is one that is created by [OIL], [R2P] the Right to Petroleum from the oil off the coast of Vietnam, the oil in the South China Sea the Nansha, Paracel, and Spratly Islands, the Lomonosov Ridge in the Arctic, "Nigeria" and "Gazprom", pronounced "nye-gaz, and the big prize, The Caspian Sea Basin: [IRAN], to supply the Nabucco Pipeline with it's estimated at (7.25 Trn.Cu.Mts.) Seven-two-five trillion cubic meters, yet to be developed underneath the Caspian Sea, along with (1/5th) One-fifth, (20%) Twenty-Percent of the remaining global oil reserves. Start small and think big, if you can use [R2P] in one Islamic Country, and get away with it why not The Prize [IRAN]. The [EMPIRE] is very consistent in its moves to lay a Nuclear Necklace running from [FOOTHOLD GERMANY] to [FOOTHOLD OKINAWA] to contain what it can not hope to militarily defeat, three of the four [BRIC] members who hold [OIL] assets, The Russian Federation, India and The Peoples Republic of China, while at the same time using [NATO] the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in the African Theater of Operations.

 

[R2P] RIGHT TO PROTECT – Or, Right to Palestine?

 

Now, we have posted this before, and it still holds true, let's take another view of selective application, the [BRIC] Brazil, The Russian Federation, India, and The Peoples Republic of China, along with the German Republic abstained on the vote for the application of [R2P], against an Islamic Nation along with South Africa democracies of the [IBSA] India, Brazil and South Africa, have all voiced concerns and outright objections. Now, lets turn the table, and the [PA] Palestine Authority declares itself an independent nation, which is recognized by the [UN] United Nations, and even if it does not, and Israel takes offensive action against Hamas in  what it considers its territory, in retaliation for attacks against the State Government of Israel with another Operation Lead Hand II, attacks Hammas which is the [PA], what will be the vote of the American-Israeli Military Industrial Complex, the [EMPIRE] under [R2P], the United Nations sees [R2P] as the Right to Protect but will the [EMPIRE] see it as Israelis [R2P] Right to Palestine, and not abstain but veto, intervention. The tail of the [EMPIRE] Israel will wag the Devil Dog America, thru [AIPAC/AZC] American Israeli Political Action Committee / American Zionist Committee, who would in turn wag Congress, and the wagging would continue into the [UN] United Nations, and the out come is clear that [R2P] turns into an Israeli Right to Palestine! Now, the only response will be that of Al Qaeda zeroing on France, it is the only logical target of choice.

 

HERCULE TRIATHLON SAVINIEN

Thursday, March 24, 2011

[R2P]

[R2P] RIGHT TO PROTECT – Or, Right to Palestine?
 
Now, let's take another view of selective application, the [BRIC] Brazil, The Russian Federation, India, and The Peoples Republic of China, along with the the German Republic abstained on the vote for the application of [R2P], against an Islamic Nation. Now, lets turn the table, and the [PA] Palestine Authority declares itself an independent nation, which is recognized by the [UN] United Nations, and even if it does not, and Israel takes offensive action against Hamas in  what it considers its territory, in retaliation for attacks against the State Government of Israel with another Operation Lead Hand II, attacks Hammas which is the [PA], what will be the vote of the American-Israeli Military Industrial Complex, the [EMPIRE] under [R2P], the United Nations sees [R2P] as the Right to Protect but will the [EMPIRE] see it as Israelis [R2P] Right to Palestine, and not abstain but veto, intervention. The tail of the [EMPIRE] Israel will wag the Devil Dog America, thru [AIPAC/AZC] American Israeli Political Action Committee / American Zionist Committee, who would in turn wag Congress, and the wagging would continue into the [UN] United Nations, and the out come is clear that [R2P] turns into an Israeli Right to Palestine!
 
HERCULE TRIATHLON SAVINIEN

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

SOUTHFIELDER COMMENT

SOUTHFIELDER COMMENT- (www.TheDailyBeast.Com), Why Libyan War is America's War, by Stephen L. Carter.

 

HERCULE TRIATHLON SAVINIEN:  A well written comment and one that needs to be shared around the globe enjoy.

     

Southfielder

 

Regarding international law, our "no-fly zone" became on its first night an aerial bombardment of Gaddafi ground troops, port infrastructure, civilian government ministries and institutions. "No-fly" rhetoric, projected at the UN to get a resolution approved, turned out to be mere code for military intervention in what increasingly looks like a tribal-based civil war.

Why this? The only plausible goal would be to wrest control of Libya's oil from an unpredictable dictator who drives a hard bargain and demands a high price for Libya's precious low-sulfur oil. And why wouldn't we prefer a weak government, easily bribed, indebted to us, and willing to sell that oil to us on the cheap?

But our goal certainly isn't to oppose illegitimate Arab dictators, because then we'd be bombing our friends in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Jordan, and Yemen, who are already indebted to us, and already sell us their oil on the cheap. On the contrary: we've delivered to them hundreds of billions of dollars of weaponry, including advanced tanks and fighter jets.

How untimely that the rulers of Saudi Arabia, during the build-up for our military attack on Libya, should send ground troops into neighboring Bahrain to prop up the dictator there, while his people were demonstrating for freedom. How inappropriate for the 40-year dictator of Yemen to order sharpshooters on rooftops to shoot dead 40 peaceful protesters in front of his palace in broad daylight as we were about to "protect civilian lives" from the dictator in Libya (side note: in Yemen, the oil wells have recently run dry). Can it get more crass than this?

Actually, the cat was let out of the bag weeks earlier, on March 7th. On that day, captured by an NBC boom microphone on a tarmac in Kabul, Gen. David H. Petraeus, the top American commander in Afghanistan, was heard lightheartedly greeting the defense secretary, Robert M. Gates:
General Petraeus:
"You going to launch some attacks on Libya or something?''
To which Secretary of Defense Gates replied,
"Yeah, exactly.''

Since then British Prime Minister David Cameron, unpopular after slashing the budget and sending hundreds of thousands to the unemployment lines, eagerly joined the crusade.

French President Sarkozy was in shame for offering military support to Tunisia's dictator just as he was being driven from office. Facing an uphill reelection battle, Mr. Sarkozy proved most happy to do photo-ops with Brits and Americans in front of his presidential color guard, posing as the "French strongman" for freedom. No doubt he hopes magic dust will rub off on him.

In this setting, what possible role could civilian casualties, or the destruction of the lives and families of dislocated people, possibly play for you here? As in Iraq and Afghanistan, they'll just be "regrettable but unavoidable collateral damage".

Your statement, sir, that "we are the only ones with the money" strikes me as removed from American reality - in the States, we've declared we're broke when it comes to budgeting money for education, investments in infrastructure, paying union wages, heating subsidies for the poor, or renewing unemployment insurance for the jobless. In fact, for cash-strapped, budget-slashing Britain, France, and United States, coming up with billions of dollars for yet another new war seems to be the ony thing for which we "have the money".

As for the men and women who may wind up being killed, maimed, or otherwise rendered disabled, we'll no doubt do a snappy over-flight in their honor at the next Super Bowl.

Meanwhile, millions of Americans, Europeans, and Arabs can be entertained by CNN pundits giving detailed briefs on the latest military hardware on display over Libya, while yet another people learn the benefits of being "befriended" by the United States, France, or Britain.

What a brilliant message to be spreading across television screens and the internet, in real time, to people across the world!

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

OFF WITH HIS HEAD!!!

NO FLY ZONE – Or, regime change and the head of a Sovereign State must go!

 

[Off with his head]

 

And now the American-Israeli Military Industrial Complex, the [EMPIRE] after having been divided, to be or not to be, to regime change or not to regime change, as the Pentagon has been saying all along that Gaddafi may not necessarily need to be replaced but just be taken to the wood shed for a proper good licking, and that regime change at the end of a Tomahawk Missile was never mandated in the provisions of the No Fly Zone [UN] United Nations Resolution, nor is it possible to bring a Head of a Sovereign State and /or his regime to justice in the Hague before an International Court without putting boots on the ground, leaving no one with any idea what the end game is has been clarified, as the military has been over-ruled by the guy seating in the oval office royal thrown, the King of the West, Obama I, has spoken, now saying it is about regime change and Gaddafi must go, and the King of the West says that Gaddafi has lost legitimacy to rule! The question is how do you do it at the end of Tomahawk Missile, or put boots on the ground, to bring the head of a sovereign state of another country before an international tribunal, and under what authority, that of Divine Right's of King's, the King of the West has do decreased, so he has spoken so it shall be done? Off with his head!!!

 

[King Obama I]

 

The question that is now beginning to be asked by everyone is what is the end game in all this? The King of the West sitting in judgment upon his royal thrown seems about as consistent as Henry VIII, King of England and so on, and no one could figure out who was in favor or out of favor, and who's head was going to be on the chopping block the next day, but they do seem to share the lust for more power, under the mandate of the Divine Right of Kings, both reading more into their positions than there was meant to be. But the [UN] United Nations resolution clearly is a No Fly Zone, which the King of the West now says is a call for the head of another sovereign state to have his head placed upon a silver platter and delivered to his Royal Majesty. What is the End Game, well maybe a new reformation a new Western Religion, Henry did it, dismiss Congress, or at least have them rubber stamp each edict that placed before them, they do it anyway, [AIPAC/AZC] the American Israeli Political Action Committee/American Zionist Committee] writes the edict, presents it to the King of the West, who in turn places it before Congress, they get a check for their re-election campaign, and rubber stamp is applied.  

 

[It is better to know me and not need me, than to need me and not know me]

 

Another King once said [It is better to know me and not need me, than to need me and not know me], well seeing the way things are working leaders of Sovereign States around the globe, and in particular the [Parity Spheres of Influence], the [BRICS] Brazil, The Russian Federation, India, The Peoples Republic of China, and The Union of South Africa, the [EU] European Union, and those who desire a multi-polar Spheres of Influence, [21st] Century, should change this quote to [It is better to have Nukes and not need them, then to not have Nukes and need them], or face an Obama I Royal decree NO FLY ZONE – Or, regime change and the head of a Sovereign State must go!

 

HERCULE TRIATHLON SAVINIEN

Monday, March 21, 2011

IN REPLY TO KIAN MEAD

Kian Mead wrote, in response to triathlon:

KIAN WROTE: Err..Evidence please - especially, since the west already controlled the oilfields in Libya under Qadaffi.

TRIATHLON REPLYS: See [RT] Russia Today, (http://rt.com/), as in an interview with a Radio Commentator, from The American-Israeli Military Industrial Complex the [EMPIRE] from the state of Illinois, the city of Chicago, it is a well know fact that these are truths, and it has always been about OIL!

KIAN WROTE: Unless you are saying Al Qaeda is happy to allow thousands of innocent Muslims to be slaughtered by Qadiffi, so they can gain "victory". I am sure many Muslims would be interested to learn that.

TRIATHLON REPLYS: This is about Al Qaeda allowing thousands of the Military Machine purchased, and supplied by the EMPIRE, not to be used against Al Qaeda, this is about the West and the [EMPIRE] Military Industrial Complex doing the job of lifting the heavy lode for them. This is simple military triangulation, let my enemy destroy my enemy. Both Gadiffi and the Empire are the enemies of the Greater Islamic Sphere of Parity of Influence in the middle east.

KIAN  WROTE: And in which media have you seen, anyone in the west suggesting that Qadiffi should stay?

TRIATHLON REPLYS: You can locate that on (www.TheDailyBeast.Com), under weekend interviews on the controlled media of the west on video, Adm. Mike Mullens the head of the Pentagons Joint Chiefs of Staff of its Military Industrial Complex, has openly stated it was not now the intention of replacing Gadiffi, this is now a tactical decision, as with the forces of Gadiffi in ruin, the only forces to stop Al Qaeda is boots on the ground and just were are they to get them and what about the money, Japan is out of the question, The Peoples Democratic Republic of China and just how much debt can the [EMPIRE] go in debt to them.  



KIAN WROTE: Time to realize little boy, you and your fellow idiots are going to lose the war, not by force, but by the desires of the people of the middle east to have freedom and democracy.

 

TRIATHLON REPLYS: We will not respond with insults, when you talk of the [EMPIRE] you are only talking of Washington D.C. and New York City, they have no interest in the Middle East establishing a [Parity Sphere of Influence] such as the [BRICS] Brazil, The Russian Federation, India, The Peoples Republic of China, and The Union of South Africa, which all abstained from voting for the [No Fly Zone], the [EMPIRE] as name above is interested in maintaining the status quo, with its dictators in place Israel is the dogs tail it wags the [EMPIRE] thru [AIPAC/AZC] American Israeli Political Action Committee/American Zionist Committee, who wags Washington D.C. and owns New York City. Desires of the people of the middle east to have freedom and democracy, come at the cost of Action and Blood, and hard military decisions as Al  Qaeda is making  



KIAN WROTE: Or are you going to bring a theocratic government over the Arabian peninsula? See the protests in Iran last year about that little pretense...technology has over taken the influence of the Elder - no longer is all thought controlled by the Elders and Imams, the youth have access to alternate information sources.

TRIATHLON REPLYS:

As an epochal era of inevitable and irreversible Sirocco - Ghibili Sandstorm of change sweeps across the Middle East ending the American-Israeli Military Industrial Complex [EMPIRE] of colonial subjugation thru its placement and support of autocratic, totalitarian top down Divine Right of rule, despotic rulers. Being lead by and urbanized and connected youth with a democratic fervor, willing to go their own way and face the bumpy and unstable path, at best in a transition from autocracy to democracy. Are calling for a new form Middle East [NOT] based upon, or taking instructions from a copy cat western Spiritually Void, Capitalist Greed Driven, Neo Liberal Secular Democratic System of Hypocrisy, in which more and more disenfranchised citizens are choosing not to participate in superficial elections which are controlled thru gerrymandered unchanging candidate's, western style of so called democratic elections, with no change to the status quo within its governmental ruling elite structures. By forming an Islamic Democracy, form of government established and based upon historic values of respect for human rights, based upon Islamic beliefs and values  with Islamic representation, a constitutional freely elected Islamic Caliphate monarchy, of power sharing, with a Parliamentary system of opposition political parties, a co-operative amalgamation based upon rights of free association and expression, the right too petition for regress of grievances, within the religious convictions of Islam of Justice and accountability, demanding reforms, allowing the voice of the people to be heard, a free press providing the public a universal knowledge of government activities keeping a check upon government  to report and abate corruption, the establishment of regional system of localized economies, ending the era of pent-up demands for higher wages, income and regulated welfare assistance, a government working in co-operation with other regional block's or regional association members to form a regional sphere of parity, in the new Multi-Polar [21st] Century, in line with the [BRICS] Brazil, The Russian Federation, India, The Democratic Peoples Republic of China, and The Union of South Africa, and the [EU] European Union.

KIAN WROTE: Try to take their iphones away, and see what they would do to you.

Little boy, realize, you have lost. And it was not by the failed western governments policies, but the freedoms we have, and those youth can see what we have, and desire the same.

So go bomb your fellow Arabs, for not being Islamic enough, and see how Islam will die - at the hands of AL Qaeda.

TRIATHLON REPLYS: We again do not return insults, the fact is there will be some from of a constitutional freely elected Islamic Caliphate monarchy, a new middle east, the days of one Super Power [EMPIRE] World Government is coming to its end, replaced by [Parity Spheres of Influence] it will take a decade to see how the Arab Spring of Revolution shakes out, but it will not be violence free, Al Qaeda is willing to do what it takes, and to date have been taking it to the [EMPIRE], in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain not being Islamic enough seem to be losing the day as Muslims are killing Muslims supporting puppets who support the [EMPIRE].

 

HERCULE TRIATHLON SAVINIEN

EMPIRE TABLE UP SIDE DOWN

TURNING THE TABLE -- Al Qaeda uses the [EMPIRE] game book against it

 

[GADDAFI CRIED WOLF]

 

Now, the America-Israeli Military Industrial Complex the [EMPIRE] is backing off its replacement of Gaddafi, as two sides of a triangular war are now being used by Al Qaeda. What really happened is that during the months prior to the [EMPIRE] staged popular uprising and rebellion of the people the [EMPIRE] had sent [EMPIRE] Special Forces, [CIA] Central Intelligence Agency, British [SAS] Special Air Service, into the Libya to set the stage for the staged popular uprising and rebellion, and who got wind of it but Al Qaeda, and they are well verses chapter and page on the [EMPIRE] play book. So the [EMPIRE] wants change, and so did Al Qaeda, so Al Qaeda set to letting the [EMPIRE] play book work to its advantage, let the staged popular uprising begin, Al Qaeda knew what the Gaddafi Family response would be and just how it would respond with over whelming force and brutality, which plays directly into their hands, as the [EMPIRE] once again would be forced to up the ante against the Gaddafi government. Al Qaeda knew full and well the [EMPIRE] was over extended and knew that it would have to go the past colonial master now know as the [EU] European Union and [NATO] the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to pull its bacon out of the fire, once thing got out of hand. And, sure enough the game plan worked just as laid out chapter and page from the [EMPIRE] play book. And the [EMPIRE] using its controlled media had set the stage creating a mind set of Anti-Gaddafi public opinion, painting the staged uprising and rebellion as a popular movement, and of course it was, but one that was just waiting to be used and turn to the benefit of Al Qaeda, and when Gaddafi then advanced the ''war-on-terror'' framework where his regime is confronted by Al Qaeda and its Islamist affiliates, it was only seen as the old Fox Gaddafi was crying wolf, when in fact both the [EMPIRE] and Gaddafi had been out foxed, as the Wolf howled and the [EMPIRE] ignored it and saw nothing but a chance to be on the right side of history, with a Wolf Pelt  nailed to the wall, and ended up on the wrong side again, and the fox in the chicken house.

 

 

[EMPIRE steps on own foot]

 

The [EMPIRE] will not reap what it has sown that's for the [EU] to deal with, it is said that the [EU] must take in millions of [DP's] Displaced Persons, as they are in a fashion responsible for the war they are after all involved in the conflict, and have been use as the proxies for the [EMPIRE] staged uprising and rebellion. After [WWII] World War Two the [EMPIRE] had to take care of the [DP's] of Europe, now its up to the [EU] too take care of the suffering of the middle east, and that opens the door to the flow of Al Qaeda fighters into the heart of the West. Talk about turning the play book against the [EMPIRE] they are beating them to death with it. Yes Gaddafi is a Tyrant, one not controlled by the west, but he wasn't controlled by Al Qaeda either, Gaddafi is an [SOB], but his own [SOB], Yes this started out as a People Revolution in waiting and one the [EMPIRE] used lit the fuse, and Yes Al Qaeda knew what was coming and just know to play the game, they too used both the [EMPIRE] and those seeking a Arab Spring of Revolution Movement. So, now the [EU] is the target of a ricochet shot of the [EMPIRE] it looks like this pool game is afoot and the [EMPIRE] stepped on its own foot again.

 

[The [EMPIRE] leads way to Al Qaeda Victory]

 

The [EMPIRE] now wants to turn the page back, as this has turned into quick sand, as Al Qaeda, used the cover of a popular revolution to cover the quick sand into which the West by the chapter and page marched right into it. And now the [EMPIRE] is preaching that Gaddafi may not necessarily need to be replaced but just be taken to the wood shed for a proper good licking. This is not just a two way war it is a three way Al Qaeda framed and staged route and takeover, of the best laid plans of the [EMPIRE], page, and chapter by the book used against it. The [EMPIRE] did the heavy lifting for Al Qaeda, destroying the ability of Gaddafi to use military force against them, and the popular uprising set up and run by Special Forces,[CIA] and [SAS] operatives, were its ground swell and troops leading the way to Al Qaeda Victory. We are not talking about a national based army, but a movement Al Qaeda, and you can't tell one side from the other between the popular uprising movement and Al Qaeda, but Al Qaeda can and does know who the players are from the other side, and TURNING THE TABLE -- Al Qaeda uses the [EMPIRE] game book against it

 

 

HERCULE TRIATHLON SAVININE   

Sunday, March 20, 2011

NO FLY ZONE CREATES NEW ARMS RACE

HERCULE TRIATHLON SAVINIEN                        

RE- COLONIZATION OF MIDDLE EAST – The New Arms Race       

 

What we are viewing by the intervention is the west The American-Israeli Military Industrial Complex the [EMPIRE] trying to stop the new world order, of Parity Spheres of Influence, replacing its sole Super-Power Status Quo, and the Middle East is the most important to be stopped as it all comes down to oil, therefore it must have a re-western colonization of the middle east by western powers, with forces of western occupation or by the replacement of former puppets dictators with new puppets.

 

At the same moment in history those that see the only way to assure their own freedom from the [EMPIRES] control must obtain [WMD's] Weapons of Mass Destruction, and the race in now on to developed them, ending the era of nuclear non proliferation, with a new arms race.

 

HERCULE TRIATHLON SAVINIEN  

 

Policy Statement by Federal Foreign Minister Westerwelle in the German Bundestag on the watershed events in the Arab world

 

In Libya a dictator is waging war against his own people. In the light of this ongoing crime, the international community is of one mind: the dictator has to go. His own actions have deprived Colonel Gaddafi of any claim to be part of this community. He has forfeited every vestige of legitimacy. The German Government will not be deflected from this firm and clear-cut stand by any poisoned compliments from the dictator.

 

Our calls for the speedy imposition of sanctions have met with broad support in the United Nations Security Council and the European Union. The ruling family's assets abroad have been frozen. Travel bans are in place. In the Security Council, in the European Union and also among our G8 partners – as was clear at yesterday's meeting of Foreign Ministers – there is consensus that the dictator must be called to account for this brutal campaign against his own people. That will be the job of the International Criminal Court. We will be pushing in New York for the political pressure to be stepped up until that goal is reached. Today and in the days ahead we will be consulting in the United Nations Security Council over the next steps to be taken. The German Government will be pushing in New York for still more far-reaching economic and financial sanctions. Our aim is – as far as humanly possible – to stop the flow of funds int o Gaddafi's system. We want to deprive the regime of the resources on which its operations depend, the resources to wage war on its own population.

 

The images and reports reaching us of Gaddafi's advancing troops, of fighting and bloodshed, of devastated towns in the east of Libya are highly disturbing. But the supposedly simple solution of a no-fly zone raises more questions and poses more problems than it is likely to solve. A no-fly zone is an innocuous term that yet cannot conceal the reality: what we're talking about here is military intervention. It's not even clear how such a zone could be effective in a country like Libya. This is a country, let me remind you, around four times larger than Germany.

 

The outcome of any such step could be the precise opposite of what we intend – and that must not be allowed to happen. For if our actions ultimately lead to greater violence rather than greater freedom and peace, that would be disastrous. Instead of strengthening democratic movements across North Africa, such an outcome would weaken them. Every step must also be analysed in terms of its implications for the countries in North Africa that, since the Jasmine Revolution, have been pursuing a path towards democracy and greater freedom.

 

The likelihood that coercive intervention would satisfy this principle is severely constrained when evaluated against the historical record, logistical realities, and the incentives and interests of the states in a position to serve as the would-be external interveners.

 

Put simply, coercive external intervention to alter the balance of power on the ground in Libya in favor of the anti-Gaddafi revolt is likely to backfire badly.

 

The impact of any military operation would be felt not only in Libya but throughout North Africa and across the whole Arab world. We understand that all options are being considered. A no-fly zone, however, means military intervention. No one should delude themselves this is simply a matter of putting up a traffic sign. To operate an effective no-fly zone, Libya's air defence forces must first be taken out – clearly a military operation. The German Government therefore views military intervention in the form of a no-fly zone with considerable scepticism. We do not want to become, and must not become, a conflict party in any civil war in North Africa. We do not want to start down some slippery slope leading eventually to German soldiers being involved in a war in Libya.

 

But what happens if the attacks on the ground continue? Do we then have to launch air strikes against Gaddafi's tanks? And if that's not enough, do we then have to send in ground troops? The alternative is not inaction but targeted sanctions that step up the pressure on Gaddafi. Over the past few days we have also made first contact with the National Transition Council. We see it as an important political interlocutor.

 

Given the appalling brutality of what's happening, deciding on the right course is anything but easy. As a member of the Security Council, Germany bears special responsibility for international security in this critical situation. We respect and welcome last weekend's decision by the Arab League. However, we believe prime responsibility here for further action on behalf of the international community lies with the countries of the region. That will also shape our approach at the deliberations in New York.

 

A stable democracy cannot be created overnight. This is a process that can take years or sometimes decades. We are keen to help countries in North Africa become strong, viable democracies rooted in thriving civil societies. What we're seeing now in the Arab world is the dawn of a new era offering myriad opportunities. But of course it's going to be a long haul, not just for the nations of this region but also for us. This Arab spring presents a historic opportunity for peace and prosperity throughout the region, from which the whole world stands to gain. Germany and Europe stand ready to help as partners in building successful democracies in North Africa and other parts of the Arab world.

 

The democratic movements in Tunisia and Egypt were initiated by perfectly ordinary people and supported by large sections of society. We have the greatest admiration for the courage shown by all those who took unarmed to the streets to demonstrate peacefully against their ruling elites. In the streets of Tunis young women and men can speak freely perhaps for the first time in their lives. For the first time in their lives they feel they can shape their own future. What kind of life they want is up to them, they realize.

 

The drawbacks of intervention in Libya

 

Concerns over oil markets, geopolitics and refugees might be behind no-fly zone decision, scholars argue.

 

The Libyan uprising is entering its fourth week. The courage and persistence of the Libyan people's efforts to overthrow Gaddafi have been met with ongoing regime brutality ranging from shoot-to-kill policies to the indiscriminate use of artillery against unarmed civilians.

In addition to the current no-fly zone, the UN Security Council unanimously issued a resolution imposing tough measures against the Libyan regime including an arms embargo, asset freeze, travel ban and a referral of the situation in Libya to the International Criminal Court for investigation.

The desire to act in solidarity with the Libyan people demands that we assess the available options against the core principle of legitimacy that any intervention must satisfy: Do no harm (that is, do not do more harm on balance by intervening).

The likelihood that coercive intervention would satisfy this principle is severely constrained when evaluated against the historical record, logistical realities, and the incentives and interests of the states in a position to serve as the would-be external interveners.

Put simply, coercive external intervention to alter the balance of power on the ground in Libya in favor of the anti-Gaddafi revolt is likely to backfire badly.

The attendant costs would, of course, be borne not by those who call for intervention from outside of Libya but by the Libyan people with whom we hope to show solidarity. In what follows we argue that embracing the call for solidarity requires a much more careful appraisal of the interventionist option, precisely because the potential risks will be borne by Libyan civilians.

Mixed motivations

Of the arguments against intervention, the most straightforward draws on an assessment of the long history of external intervention in the Middle East and North Africa.

There is no need to rehearse that history here since the failure of such past interventions to advance the humanitarian welfare or political aspirations of local populations is well-established. But because the possibility of intervention is debated in some circles as if the starting point is a clean slate, it is important to begin by recalling this dismal history. For instance, the imposition of a no-fly-zone on Iraq did little in and of itself to shift the balance of power against the Saddam Hussein regime, but it did result in the deaths of hundreds of civilians.

Further, the no-fly zone served as a predicate for the subsequent invasion and occupation of Iraq insofar as the ongoing use of this coercive measure against the regime from 1991 until 2003 was cited in support of the argument that there was "implied authorisation" to forcibly topple the regime.

While humanitarian considerations are often invoked in defense of intervention, humanitarianism is far from the only issue on the table. Other reasons that have been adduced in favor of intervention in Libya include vindicating international norms, re-establishing the leadership of the US in the region, preventing spill-over of the refugee crisis into Europe, and the stabilisation of world oil markets. The Libyan people are struggling to change their regime on their own terms and there is no reason to presume an overlap between these various logics of intervention and their interests.

The historical record clearly establishes that an external regime change intervention based on mixed motives - even when accompanied with claims of humanitarianism - usually privileges the strategic and economic interests of interveners and results in disastrous consequences for the people on the ground. Indeed, the discord currently evidenced among Western powers concerning intervention in Libya is precisely based in their doubts as to whether their strategic interests are adequately served by such a course.

The incongruence between the interests of external interveners and those on the ground in Libya is already apparent. Beyond their eleventh hour timing, serious mobilisations for intervention on the part of Western powers were issued only after most Western nationals had been safely evacuated from Libya.

The fact that outside powers were unwilling to act while their nationals were on Libyan soil demonstrates their understanding that treating the regime with coercion may lead to civilian deaths either directly as a result of an intervention or indirectly through reprisals against civilians identified as opponents.

Furthermore, the evacuation channels made available to Western nationals – airlifts across the Mediterranean – were not and are not being offered to Libyan civilians nor African migrant workers trapped in Libya. If the humanitarian welfare of civilians in Libya were paramount, they, too, would have been offered this secure escape route. Instead, once Western nationals were safely out of harm's way, coercive measures were adopted without any effort to protect or evacuate the civilians that were left behind in Tripoli and beyond.

No-fly zone, local calls, and solidarity

To be clear, we are not categorically rejecting any and all forms of intervention irrespective of the context. Instead, we reject forms of intervention that, on balance, are likely to produce more harm than benefit. This is a context-specific determination that requires an assessment of the forseeable consequences of particular proposed interventions. With respect to the context in Libya today we are critical of current proposals for intervention in light of the identities and interests of would-be interveners and the limited understanding of intra-Libyan political dynamics on which they rely. There are circumstances under which a no-fly zone might conceivably serve a humanitarian purpose.

In particular, if air strikes were the principal means by which the regime was inflicting civilian casualties, there would be a much stronger case for a no-fly zone. Though the military situation within Libya remains unclear, the empirical evidence that is available suggests that Gaddafi's artillery poses a more serious threat to both civilians and rebels than air strikes.

In addition, the regime's aerial assaults have primarily employed helicopter gunships, which would be difficult to counter through a no-fly zone because they fly lower and are harder to target than warplanes.

Further, the no-fly zone imposed through the UN Security Council involves attacks on Libyan runways, radars, and anti-aircraft artillery installations with the potential for significant "collateral damage" against civilians and civilian infrastructure. A no-fly zone that risks killing Libyans would also run the risk of strengthening the regime's hand by enabling Gaddafi to style himself as an anti-imperialist defender of Libyan sovereignty.

Rather than persuading elements of the military and air force to defect, such a move might produce a counter-productive rally-round-the-flag effect in parts of Libya still under the control of the regime.

The fact that for logistical and political reasons a no-fly zone poses a serious risk of backfiring is an important consideration. But it is not the only reason to question whether heeding local calls for a no-fly zone necessarily represent an act of solidarity.

Fragmentation risk

Furthermore, a response to calls emanating from one region may risk fragmenting the country. The fact that we know so little about the domestic context among non-regime actors in Libya is precisely the reason that the types of external intervention currently taking place are likely to backfire.

The desire to act in solidarity with local Libyans struggling for their liberation is important. But without a clear sense of the consequences of a particular intervention – or the interests and diverse actors likely to be impacted – there is no way to satisfy the do-no-harm principle. Notwithstanding the provenance of the no-fly zone – whether within Libya or the Arab League – and their attendant "authenticity" or legitimacy, we cannot justify intervention unless we can appraise its likely consequences for the civilian population with whom we are allegedly acting in solidarity.

This difficulty is further compounded by the fact that neither the Western nor Arab powers currently calling for intervention have a record of privileging particular domestic partners based on the interests or aspirations of local populations. There is little reason to expect that Libya will be exceptional in this regard, particularly in light of the mixed motives of any potential intervener.

We do not argue that the international community has no obligation to support Libyan civilians. To the contrary, we strongly believe there is such an obligation, but that current coercive options pose serious risks to the Libyan population with little concomitant benefit in terms of humanitarian protections.

The interests of potential external interveners are not well aligned with those of Libyans on the ground beyond that of regime change.

Further, the identities of involved in the process of intervention reinforce concerns about such proposals. Many members of the Arab League are currently undertaking repression of democratic uprisings against their rule. The legitimacy and representativeness of any call they issue should be called into question by their own internal anti-democratic practices.

As Saudi troops operate in Bahrain to shore up the defenses of an authoritarian ruling family against its own people, the bankruptcy of calls for intervention in Libya by members of the GCC and the Arab League is evident.

Members of the Group of 8 are also compromised by their ambivalence towards democratic demands met with repression by their regional allies and their own long history of brutal interventions and direct support of authoritarian regimes.

ICC referral 'counter-productive'

Libyans have already made great inroads on the ground and without external support towards a goal of regime change in which they will determine the day-after scenarios for their country.

To date, measures adopted by the international community have done little to aid, and may have undermined, Libyan efforts at liberation. For instance, the call for an ICC referral in the measures adopted by the UN Security Council was most likely counter-productive. The first priority should have been a negotiated exit strategy for Gaddafi and his family, not unlike the path already paved for the other recently deposed Arab despots, Ben Ali and Mubarak.

Instead, by immediately referring the regime for investigation by the ICC the international community has signaled to Gaddafi that neither he nor his children will be allowed to go quietly, potentially redoubling his resolve to fight to the last.

Allowing a negotiated exit to exile in an African or South American country would not have precluded a subsequent ICC referral, but might have facilitated an early end to the violence currently ravaging Libya. Further, the same resolution that referred Libyan authorities to the ICC contained a specific exemption from ICC jurisdiction for foreign interveners not party to the Rome Statute, anticipating and providing impunity in some cases for civilian deaths that result from possible UN Security Council-authorised operations in Libya down the line.

The ICC referral has been described as an attempt to incentivise those around Gaddafi to defect. Rather than vindicating international accountability, this logic of incentives suggests impunity for last-minute defectors notwithstanding decades of crimes against the Libyan population.

At its most basic, the ICC referral represents the triumph of a set of international goals (vindicating a constrained conception of international accountability through the Libyan regime) over the immediate interest in an early resolution of the Libyan crisis through the provision of a regime exit strategy. This privileging of international over local interests is typical of external intervention and would only be exacerbated by options involving the use of force.

Useful assistance

We argue for forms of international assistance that reverse this privileging and begin from the known interests of Libyan civilians. At a minimum, resources must be mobilised to offer relief supplies to the Libyan population that is currently outside of the control of the regime (bearing in mind some of the problematic dynamics also associated with such forms of "aid").

Urgent priority should be given to addressing shortages of medical supplies and provision of essential foods and clean water. Beyond these basics, an evacuation corridor for civilians – including non-Libyan African workers trapped in the territory – should be secured and responsibility for shouldering the burden of refugee flows should not be restricted to Tunisia and Egypt.

To the contrary, rather than imposing these costs on Libya's poorest neighbors – in the early stages of transitions of their own – Libya's relatively wealthy northern neighbors in Europe should be absorbing a much larger share of the costs, human and material, of offering refuge to fleeing civilians.

The fact that the airlifting of Libyan and other African civilians to safety out of Tripoli is an option that is not currently on the table speaks eloquently to the misalignment of priorities. Dropping the xenophobic European rhetoric on the "dangers" of African immigration would also have the benefit of removing one of the Libyan regime's major levers with the EU.

As Gaddafi threatens to terminate the agreements by which he has been warehousing African migrants at Europe's behest, he lays bare the cruel logic of tacit alliances (based on immigration, energy, and security interests) that has long lent support to his rule.

A Europe willing to take concrete steps to facilitate the evacuation to its own shores of civilians who wish to leave Libyan territory regardless of nationality would at least have broken with its record of shameful complicity in regime brutality.

Acting in solidarity with the Libyan people within a do-no-harm principle presents many constraints and frustratingly few options. This is not because of an absence of concern for the interests of the Libyan population but because there are few good options beyond the provision of relief supplies and evacuation channels.

Support Libyan rebels?

There may be other alternatives short of external coercive intervention that might be considered – such as sharing tactical intelligence with Libyan rebels or jamming regime communications – though such options would have to be carefully evaluated in light of potential risks.

By contrast, overt and covert coercive options ranging from no-fly zones to arming Libyan rebels or using regional commandos to train them all implicate external actors in altering the balance on the ground in unpredictable ways.

To engage in such coercive strategies without being able to evaluate the full range of consequences amounts to subordinating the interests of the Libyan people to our own sense of purpose and justice.

We strongly advocate creative strategies of solidarity with the Libyan people while underscoring that calls for coercive external intervention do not qualify. Indeed, it is possible that demands for Western support to the rebels may already have done more harm than good.

In the end, we argue for humility in imagining the role we might play in the course of Libyans' struggle. The international community is neither entitled to take the reins today nor dictate the post-regime scenario tomorrow. Further, those of us who wish to stand in solidarity with Libyans from outside of their country must recognise that we may not be best placed to identify which local actors enjoy broad-based support.

Solidarity cannot be reduced to the diplomatic politics of recognition nor to arguments for external intervention.

In the end, we counsel acting from the outside only when our actions are clearly aligned with the interests of Libyan civilians. Imaginative strategies to offer much-needed relief and refuge to Libya's vulnerable population represent a challenge the international community has yet to meet. That is a good starting point for transnational solidarity.

Asli Ü. Bâli is a professor of law at the UCLA School of Law. Her research interests also include comparative law of the Middle East.

Ziad Abu-Rish is a doctoral candidate in UCLA's Department of History. He is the co-editor of Jadaliyya Ezine.  

The  article above first appeared on Jadaliyya.