The Arab League's No-Fly Zone (??)

By the time the “world community” – whatever that is – decides to impose a No-Fly Zone, it will be too late. Perhaps that’s the idea, yes? “Diplomacy” favors established governments – be they good ones or bad. If Gadhafi prevails, it will be interesting to see how he’ll manage to reingratiate himself (it was always about him, yes?) into the good graces of the WC. In his favor: Time heals all wounds (though most people don’t fully appreciate the karmic meaning of that truism).

The Arab League let a golden opportunity slip through its fingers. It asks the UN to impose a No-Fly Zone, but it could have taken action on its own. I don’t know who else the Arab League represents – other than its Arabic-speaking, Islamic-posturing oil barons – but it surely does not represent the Muslim man in the street. In fact, the AL is deathly afraid of that common but very numerous “man.”

The AL could have declared an NFZ on its own, basically saying, “Screw the United Nations, which has done little over the decades for the Arab/Muslim cause. We will deal with Gadhafi ourselves.” With that, only a token NFZ would be needed. You know, an occasional strike by an occasional (Saudi Arabian?) bomber against a solitary Libyan jet sitting on its runway. The NFZ doesn’t have to be absolute – since any action following such a declaration by the AL would have monstrously huge ripple effects.

And these ripples could give rise to the Pan-Islamic Union (or Caliphate, to use an ancient expression) many Muslim idealists have dreamt about for centuries. If only Arab/Muslim leaders would wake up and decide to act on their won.

Steven Searle for US President in 2012

Founder of The Independent Contractors' Party

“And I would have no problem, as president, dealing with such an Islamic Union, since I – unlike most Western leaders and diplomats – am not afraid of the unknown” – Steve.