Middle East on fire - should we worry

[SkStu]

Great time to be sent to Oman for 2 weeks work! Im flying monday morning, hopefully things wont flair up much more in yemen, bahrain or saudi til i get back

i'm alright Jack...

[peadar1987]

I'm wondering when there will be the slightest balance in coverage of unfolding events in the ME, especially in Libya. Nobody has commented on the murder (usually by hanging or behading) of black Africans in "protestor"/"rebel" held territory in Libya - especially as they're the good guys. Nobody has commented on the fact that the leader of the Libyan Transnational Council Jibril and his ties to hardliners and French oil giant Total. Nobody has questioned why the French are leading the way into Libya? Nobody has asked why they are determined to "bring democracy" to a secular country when they crush Islamic dissent at home. Sky are desperate for war, CNN too, they're driving up hatred through tweets and facebook so that everybody believes a just war will take place. We can expect attacks on Libya to start within a week. Sick.

There never is. Saw the headline in the Sun yesterday: "Top Guns 1: Mad Dogs 0". A real throwback to the days of "Gotcha!"

At the same time, civilians do need to be protected, and protecting them from one side is still better than protecting them from neither side. I caught a soundbite on the radio from, I think, Ed Milliband, saying that the argument that because the UK can't do everything means they can't do anything is a poor one.