A Bad Day For Unpopular Leaders
The BBC reports on Libya: UN Security Council passes sanctions vote
The UN Security Council has voted unanimously to impose sanctions on Muammar Gaddafi’s Libyan regime for its attempts to put down an uprising.
They backed an arms embargo and asset freeze while referring Col Gaddafi to the International Criminal Court for alleged crimes against humanity.
The UN didn’t get involved when he was blowing up passenger aircraft or orchestrating civil wars in Africa, so it is nice that they finally found something about him they didn’t like.
But Gaddafi isn’t the least popular leader in the world, the ABC writes about that individual: Ireland’s PM concedes defeat
Irish prime minister Brian Cowen has conceded defeat in the general election, after his ruling Fianna Fail party was crushed by voters angry over the collapse of the economy and an EU-IMF bailout.
The Irish people are really fed up. If the election hadn’t been scheduled, Dublin might have looked similar to Cairo or Madison, Wisconsin.
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Fianna Failure’s defeat is amazing – Worse than the rout of John Major in 1997 but not as comprehensive as the destruction of Kim Campbell’s Canadian Tories in 1993.
Won’t change a lot for Ireland sadly. Whoever was alected is hamstrung by the recent bailout
Cowen gave away the treasury and then called an election. It should spell an extended period in the the weeds for his party and anyone who voted for the bailout terms.