fuckyeahmarxismleninism:

“No to foreign intervention in Libya’s internal affairs,” proclaims the biggest banner on the platform overlooking Tripoli’s Green Square, swaying gently in the afternoon breeze as giant loudspeakers blare out ear-splitting songs of defiance.

Strangely perhaps, the message is signed by the International Libyan Childhood Association, but it too is doing its bit to defend the Jamahiriya – Muammar Gaddafi’s unique “state of the masses” – as the UN cranks up efforts to respond to the unprecedented crisis.

Talk of a no-fly zone or even direct military action against the regime and in favour of the Benghazi-based rebels meets a strident and uniform response in the palm-lined plaza in the heart of the capital.