Top Ten Myths about the Libya War

The Libyan Revolution has largely succeeded, and this is a moment of celebration, not only for Libyans but for a youth generation in the Arab world that has pursued a political opening across the region. The secret of the uprising’s final days of success lay in a popular revolt in the working-class districts of the capital, which did most of the hard work of throwing off the rule of secret police and military cliques. It succeeded so well that when revolutionary brigades entered the city from the west, many encountered little or no resistance, and they walked right into the center of the capital. Muammar Qaddafi was in hiding as I went to press, and three of his sons were in custody. Saif al-Islam Qaddafi had apparently been the de facto ruler of the country in recent years, so his capture signaled a checkmate. (Checkmate is a corruption of the Persian “shah maat,” the “king is confounded,” since chess came west from India via Iran). Checkmate.

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Centroizquierda de guante blanco: el plan de Aguad-Pinedo-Carrió

El secreto de octubre tal vez no descanse en el atomizado e insondable 50% que no votó a Cristina de Kirchner en las primarias abiertas, simultáneas y obligatorias del último domingo. Al menos, eso se desprende del incipiente plan que desde Córdoba testea el radical Oscar Aguad junto a Elisa Carrió y al macrista Federico Pinedo para instalar a Hermes Binner como el único candidato opositor para desafiar la reelección presidencial.

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