The world is supposed to end tomorrow, so this post shouldn’t really have much effect. But the predictions made in 1972 by the model developed in The Limits to Growth are turning out to be fairly accurate. Those predictions essentially pinpoint the real apocalypse to occur sometime around the middle of this century. Actually, the doomsday scenarios seem to be a little optimistic.
French President Francois Hollande acknowledged that the 132-year colonial rule of France over Algeria was “brutal and unfair.” In a speech to the Algerian Parliament, Hollande did not apologize for colonial rule, but conceded hat France had forgotten its commitment to “universal values” in the Algerian war for independence. The speech was given on the occasion of a new bilateral treaty of friendship between France and Algeria.
The NATO intervention in Libya is regarded by many in the US as a success: the deaths of perhaps thousands of Libyan civilians were prevented, and Qaddafi was overthrown. Those objectives were indeed laudable, but hardly sufficient. The turmoil left by the power vacuum caused by Qaddafi’s death has led to great instability within Libya, and the attack on the American Consulate in Benghazi was only a small manifestation of the turmoil being experienced on a daily basis by Libyans. The international community needs to understand that the Responsibility to Protect also demands effective follow-through.
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