That Arab spring thing is not going that well

Nato bombed the hell out of Libya to overthrow the wretched Ghaddafi and that happened of course.

But they had no idea of what to do when he fell - they thought democracy would spntaneously break out and Libya would be transformed into a kite flying paradise.

Didn't happen of course and those in control have no intention of conforming to international niceties - surprise surprise.

Libya arrests Australian ICC lawyer

Of course there is a lot of posturing over Syria going on now.

The global ruling elite is in high dudgeon but what can they possibly do?

They could try blaming Putin I suppose.