Friday, July 15, 2011

About Time

The United States and the other 30 or so nations that make up the Libya Contact Group have recognized the rebel National Transitional Council as the sole legitimate authority of the Libyan people!

Finally!

This is a spot of good news for the folks in Benghazi, as it opens up access to a lot of regime assets that had been sitting frozen in US Banks... and I think it signals a sea change in what the international community is really thinking about the situation on the ground in Libya. Two months ago, the US refusal to recognize Benghazi was irritating, but understandable- you don't want to back the wrong horse. It was a bit of a hedging of bets, but I could reluctantly understand it.

Now, things are different. Slowly but surely, the rebels have been grinding it out against Gadafi and his thugs and now that they've gotten a little cohesion and organization together, they're inching forward towards Tripoli. The time it takes may frustrate a lot of people, but I think a rebel victory is inevitable.

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