Gaddafi Fightback

It is very difficult to know what the overall position is in Libya. Gaddafi is saying that there are no protests in the east of the country although presumably he is not saying that because the east is now under rebel control. He is presumably saying that by way of confirmation that everything in the garden is lovely.Who is to say? The journalists do not believe Gaddafi has total control but is that wishful thinking? It would be awful if true. This morning there were reports of explosions in Tripoli whilst Gaddafi followers were demonstrating but who was responsible seems to be a bit of a mystery. Might it have been those follower? There has been fighting in Brega with reports of a fighter plane circling overhead. Each side is now claiming they are now in control. Two fighter planes are also said to have attacked Ajdabiyah which is being defended by the rebels. Is Gaddafi a total Walter Mitty figure making it all up or is there a fightback and if so how is it going? Do the rebels have sufficient support to oust Gaddafi once and for all or do they need help and should we give it to them? Do we even know who the rebel leaders are? We ought to help if the rebels are truly democrats. If Gaddafi falls will the Syrian dictatorship be far behind? If the Syrian tyrants go how will this affect the Iranian regime? Can we dare hope it will be the next in line to fall? Giddy stuff. Also most interesting that there has been no or very little said in the media that all these regimes style themselves as socialist regimes. It was only when the spotlight on Mubarak that his socialist party was expelled from the socialist brotherhood. That tells us something about our media.