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With the fall of Sirte and more importantly the death of Gaddafi, this phase of Libya’s past ends and a promising if difficult future beckons. Yes, it could all go horribly wrong but providing the Libyans keep their heads cool, a small population of 6 million, substantial oil based income and therefore the money to rebuild their infrastructure, if corruption can be avoided, their future will be very bright indeed.

David Cameron was quite rightly very businesslike in what he said following the news concerning the death of Gaddafi but I have been quite amused by some of the comments and their undertones which have been made by some that can be summed up as: “Now like Tony Blair, he has got a successful war under his belt, he might get a taste for it…” I have to wonder just how perceptive or sober some of these people are, these are very silly words.

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It seems that very suddenly, the situation has changed dramatically in Libya but one suspects that behind all that has been a lot of hard work and patient build up in preparing for the final assault on Tripoli.

It is not over yet, there is still plenty of scope for further bloodshed and the ideal outcome that the fighting should stop fairly immediately, at this time is not in sight but, it may not be far away.

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It would be hard for anyone from the UK with, however frustrating at times, a settled democracy won by our forefathers to fully understand just how the people of Egypt must be feeling right now. For them the whole experience of toppling what was, still is, a Police State by peaceful means must seem like achieving an “Impossible Dream” or climbing Mount Everest so well done to all of them and all of good faith must send them best wishes for a happy future.

Of course it will not be easy, the road ahead for them is strewn with many thorny problems but… If they can do this, why should they not also “do that” ?

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It is said that “history Repeats Itself…” and indeed it does but never, in quite the same way which is what we in the ‘West’ need to understand most when dealing with “Moslem Countries and their Culture” abroad and most of all “Our Enemy OR Asset Within” local Muslims who due to previous immigration policies are resident here. They need to evolve their faith and approach to a secular society as British Muslims and whilst keeping their faith ‘pure’, reject what were or are just local ‘tribal customs’ which are irrelevant to their lives here in the UK.

In order to deal with the current Middle East situation on the one hand we have to understand that the situation in Moslem countries today is little different from that of the internal circumstances faced by Christian countries in the ‘Middle Ages’ which led to the ‘Crusades’.

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One of the biggest problems that I face when I scan the British Press and ‘comment boards’ is a total fear of ‘Extreme Islam’ and people who will strap on a ‘suicide vest’. The very idea that ‘anyone can care that much…” is far too much for most British readers.

The consequence is therefore that it is ‘religion’ that is to “BLAME” and yet clearly, this is a flawed concept to any believer in ‘Almighty God’ by whatever ‘religious variation’ they travel this path.

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I was reading yesterday an article about the possibilities of air strikes on the Iranian nuclear facilities and how for the moment, these would have to go on hold because of the current stage of events in both Iraq and Afghanistan. The assumption seems to be that it is the Israelis supplied and supported by the Americans would actually carry out the raids in “due course”.

Now whilst I agree that the Iranians are annoying little mindless shits and there would be very few tears shed here or in the Middle East if they got a severe kicking. However if you stand back for a moment and think about it, does any of this make much sense ? The more I think about it, the less it seems to and what is almost certain is that this is not a simple black and white issue.

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