[L,TOWM]

Much as the military in Egypt took over from the King in the 50’s and then one of their own (Nasser) after the 6 day war failure by replacing him with an air force colonel (Sadat). Qaddaffi was one of the 4 colonels in the Libyan army that coup’ed their King in the late 60’s, so the military “taking over” now would be much like a change in CEO at a company here in the states — same outfit running the show, but a new face in front of the camera.

The thing that has to be considered is how far deep the fundamentalist islamic theology has penetrated the military.

[GAB-1955]

Arab military regimes have always given lip service to Islamic clerics, but they tend to ignore them in practice; this is a hope.

We're not going to get a Jeffersonian democracy out of the Middle East, but we can avoid the Moslem Brotherhood's grasp on power.