Commencement

After witnessing commencement at Dickinson College this afternoon it was announced that a Dickinson Alum had received a Fulbright Scholarship to pursue a Masters in Egypt this coming year. I'm not exactly sure how to interpret the relation between this and in February with the revolution that occurred. But I think that it is pretty amazing that a fellow Dickinsonian, not even one year after the College had to pull their two students from Cairo will be studying there in the fall.

Just felt the need to get that down and out there, maybe after this all sinks in I will re-post. Also will post once I am able to digest Obama's speech from last week in connection to the upcoming APAIC conference and its meaning etc...

Feel free to help me draw meaning.

Libyan Civil War

The crisis in Libya has continued now for months with seemingly no end in sight. It has grabbed the media's and US attention while unrest continues throughout the Arab world. It seems like half of Gaddafi's government has defected while at the same time his loyalist military is still decimating the Libyan rebels.

This brings to question whether the international community is doing enough and what actually can be done by other countries. The "no-fly zone" that was imposed awhile ago has seemed to help but has not done enough to turn the tide in the favor of the rebels. Recently Obama has announced that armed predator drones will be deployed over Libya in order to aid the rebels. With the military technology today it begs the question why not just find and assassinate Gaddafi? My reasoning is that killing Gaddafi would only send the country farther into Civil War. I believe that the only option would be to somehow force Gaddafi to step down and force a transfer of power to a coalition government until a permanent solution can be agreed on.

Any thoughts? Discuss....