RECENT INACTIVITY

Resurgent Insurgent was originally a group of three people who wanted others to share our thoughts and discussions. Unfortunately, nothing lasts for ever, and due to circumstances we couldn't continue as before. We are now two, and looking for others to join our group. Especially someone who loves graphics! If you are interested in this hobby discussion group, please let us know. Must have Skype.

NATO to steal Libyan Oil

After passing a vaguely worded UN resolution, NATO, initially led by USA, has been carrying out a massive bombing campaign to aid a minority of rebels to overthrow the Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi and his government.
There is no doubt that Gaddafi is a rotten apple. He has been responsible for training such pleasantries as Charles Taylor and his militia in Liberia, Foday Sankoh and other leaders of the Revolutionary United Front in Sierra Leone, Laurent Kabila in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Campaore's troops who assassinated president Thomas Sankara in Burkina Faso, his examples go on. He has also been a critic of the US government.
And then there is OIL. Libya as the largest reserves in Africa and the ninth largest in the world(41.5 billion barrels (6.60×10^9 m3) as of 2007). Strange coincidence, especially so close to France, Britain and Italy. You can easily spot their planes dropping things over Libyan cities full of civilians. Rebels are selling oil to fund their attack against the government, NATO countries seem to be supplying weapons secretly against their own arms embargo.
So is this foreign attempt of regime change(and installing a rebel government without any democratic vote), really the way the international community should act, no matter how bad Gaddifi is? Can any country have the right to bomb another for regime change like the big mess in Iraq?
And if he is gone, who will control such a tribal and ethnically diverse land, surrounded by fundamentalists of all shades of bad??

Democratic Dominoes in the ME

The recent peoples revolution that toppled Egypt's thirty-year “strong man” Hosni Mubarak , sent shock-waves around the world. First to feel the shock was the people themselves, inspired by events in Tunisia and oppressed to the state of rebellion. They did it!
Unprepared and off-guard was the USA, who pump vast amounts of money and support to oppressive regimes(Pakistan also receives billions) in expectation that they act in America's (or Israels)best interests. Great for US foreign policy, but terrible for these countries citizens.
However, American cries of democracy could prove fatal for the worlds current superpower, as was seen in Palestine when democratic elections led to the people choosing Hamas.
Israel, also with a vested interest in keeping Mubarak in power, were forced to sit back with eyes open and on full military alert. Their only utterances during the political whirlwind were “terrorist” and “Muslim Brotherhood”.
For the rest of the Arab world, events in Egypt(Tunisia) are a great threat. Oppression and iron-fisted rule has kept countries together where intricate tribal systems and Sunni/Shite divides threaten unity(Bush's invasion of Iraq) and power(Saudi royal family).
Rights must be a better thing for the peoples, but will the average person on the street really see reform and change. Or will a different face fill the seat of power for decades to come?

Who controls Facebook and Twitter?

The popularity of social networking is having a profound effect on the current and future society we live in. This impact is not just felt in America(the origin), but has possibly been a valid contributing factor to the recent overthrow of the Tunisian government, the attempt to overthrow the Iranian government during the last election and anti-capitalism protests in London.
The political power this media wields is great for the freedom of information, but just how free is it?
The recent pogrom against Wikileaks is an example of how some governments do have the power to stymie the sharing of information and in effect, censoring what the world is allowed to know. China, America...who are the bad guys?