I have a piece in the Norwegian daily VG about how the Libyan war is destroying old certainties.
I point out that although:
“Den europeiske liberale middelklassens illusjoner ødelegges av krigen i Libya. Tenk på hvordan deres ulike talsmenn og –kvinner snakket om internasjonal politick i tv-studioer i Oslo eller London for få måneder siden. Alt de forutsatte som sant har vist seg å være usant.”
We now know that:
“Vi må kanskje leve med at Gaddafi overlever krigen – og ved å klamre seg til makten girhan håp til krigsherjede diktatorer i regionen og bryter ned moralen hos motstanderne deres.”
For the minority among you who cannot read Norwegian. Here it is in English:
Shattered illusions
The war in Libya is destroying the illusions of Europe’s liberal middle class. Think back to how it spokesmen and women talked about international politics in an Oslo or London television studio until only a few months ago, and notice how everything they assumed to be true has turned out to be false.
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