libya
Misrata's current situation remains a very large problem in any de facto partition scheme: The Libyan port city of Misrata was one of the first urban areas to fall to.
Anyone who has blogged or indeed done any form of journamalism for very long has published things they regret, so it's a bit unfair to focus too much on particular.
I suspect James Madison et. al. would be appalled to discover that it would eventually become much harder for presidents to pursue even the most modest aspects of their preferred.
Too awesome:
So, here is where we are: Rebel forces have been unable to hold the ground that they recently captured (perhaps traversed is a better term) and have retreated back to.
My WPR column this week is on grand strategy and muddling. In fact, there is no simple dichotomy opposing grand strategy and muddling through. The world is complex, and grand.
Spencer and I diavlog about airpower and such:
This is good: Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi’s forces retreated from this strategic city on Saturday, running for dozens of miles back along the coast in the first significant advance for Libyan.