As’ad Abu Khalil, a Lebanese-American professor of political science at California State University, warned that Western military intervention in Libya could abort democratic uprisings in the region. “Bahrain of today is the vision for Libya tomorrow, as far as the West is concerned,” he said. “The charade of overthrowing regimes and invading countries in the name of democracy was a bloody farce in the [George W.] Bush era.” Abu Khalil, who publishes the popular Web site ‘The Angry Arab’, also cautioned against the Western powers’ “colonialist” ambitions. He claimed that Western military intervention in Libya was intended to “legitimise the return of colonial powers to our region.”"
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Colonial return
As’ad Abu Khalil, a Lebanese-American professor of political science at California State University, warned that Western military intervention in Libya could abort democratic uprisings in the region. “Bahrain of today is the vision for Libya tomorrow, as far as the West is concerned,” he said. “The charade of overthrowing regimes and invading countries in the name of democracy was a bloody farce in the [George W.] Bush era.” Abu Khalil, who publishes the popular Web site ‘The Angry Arab’, also cautioned against the Western powers’ “colonialist” ambitions. He claimed that Western military intervention in Libya was intended to “legitimise the return of colonial powers to our region.”"
