Aljazeera discussion on helping Libyan rebels

Excellent Aljazeera discussion on helping Libyan rebels.

See http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/insidestory/2011/04/201141964916405691.html
"The siege of Misurata".

Brilliant discussion on what can be done to help the Libyan rebels. Muhammad Abdelmalik of "Libya Watch" says that what we should be doing is 1. Arming and training the rebels. 2. Quicker link between identifying the locations of Gaddafi's forces on the ground and air strikes (he says currently 8 hours!).

Steve Clemons of the New America Foundation was very relaxed about the fact that some revolutions fail. The problem with this is that the Egyptian revolution can still be stolen, and the revolutions in Syria and Yemen are uncertain. Gaddafi must not be allowed to show that extreme violence can crush democratic revolt. Steve Clemons then stated that perhaps there will be another revolution in Libya in the future that will succeed. Gaddafi's first instinct if he recovers power, will be to persecute all opposition ruthlessly and build up his security brigades. This will be echoed elsewhere in the region if the Arab Democratic Awakening fails. The process has started, there is no going back. If the chance is lost now, there will be no future chances. Arabs know this, even if American academics in comfortable safe think tanks do not.