Violent democratic protesters clash in Libya with ‘an official Death toll at 250+’ (no. dated last night), this may affect us at home more than we think.
“Libya, where Muammar Gaddafi’s son, Seif al-Islam Gaddafi, warned protesters on Sunday that they risked igniting a civil war in which Libya’s oil wealth “will be burned”. By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark crude for March delivery was up $US3.10 to $US89.30 and it ended the London trading day at its highest price since 2008″
So as a point of topic, controvercy and debate how much do we want these dictators to be overthrown? deals and contracts thrown out the window, leaving civil war and anarchy?! will all in all, it be benificial?
“Compared to Tunisia (a minor crude exporter) or Egypt (not an exporter but a transit country), instability in Libya is a major concern to the oil industry,” said analysts at JBC Energy in Vienna.”particually if the unrest spreads through the region”
We supported Egypt, but now that we know we have more to loose over a longer period…will we still wave the democratic flag for Social Justice?
Read more about petrol effect http://www.smh.com.au/business/world-business/oil-industry-braces-for-fallout-from-libya-20110222-1b2tn.html
According to this article, an expert on the Middle East claims that an “Egyptian-style uprising is unlikely in Iran because its regime enjoys better popular support and is prepared to use deadly force… “The difference is that in Egypt the security forces refrained from opening fire and killing people.”
If the Egyptian security forces had used force, would Mubarak still be in power? Food for thought 🙂
Hi Guys,
One of things I would love to challenge you on this year is how the Christian is going to respond to a world that has so many crazy things going on such as the recent riots and anarchy of Egypt. How can a loving and all powerful God allow such atrocities to occur…a common question raised by many.
Their are a whole bunch of really smart people talking about this all the time.
Check out this link if you are interested in finding out more regaridng the Christian response to the current happpenings in Egypt.
Hi Guys,
Just found this on Youtube and remembered how some people in class didn’t know about what was going on.
This may be a bit fast paced, but it explains everything that is happening right now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pn9x4LCQ5I0
Dan
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