Prime Minister al-Thani spoke in Arabic to the cameras. I thought that was very important. There are Arab nations commited to the best outcome in Libya and it is only right they hear his perspective in their native language. Why allow an interpreter to bumgle important words or be seen as insulting his own people. Tensions are high enough in the Middle East, why leave the door open for exploitation?
...But Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad Bin Jabr al-Thani (click title to entry - thank you) seemed to leave the door open to arms sales when he suggested that the issue might be revisited if the aerial campaign fell short of its stated goal of protecting Libyan civilians....
I also believe it is up to the nations of the Middle East to decide in regard to arm sales. It is the stability and peace of the Middle East we are most worried about, there should be more interest by Qatar and the United Arab Emerites as to the amount of arms flowing into the region. I appreciated he was cautious about the possibility of arms to the Libyan opposition.
I thought Prime Minister David Cameron was rather poignant in his knowledge of the status of the aggression against the people of Libya, in particular the city of Misratah. He was appauled in his dialogue at the blatant open aggression against the civilians of that city which was taking attacks from the sea as well as tanks and assassins.
The Prime Ministers and Secretary Clinton left no questionable doubt both in their speechs and the answers to questions put them that they knew exactly what was transpiring and the coalition was in control of the outcomes against the aggressions of Gadhaffi and his maniacal military. Quite remarkable outcomes at that.
