Gaddafi a welcome enemy

The Libyan dictator Muammar al-Gaddafi is a welcome enemy for the West, writes the daily Delo, because he diverts attention from friendly dictators: "The political unrest in Libya, whose ruler Gaddafi was never a friend of the US, came right on cue. The world's attention is now riveted on its new arch-enemy. No one thinks about Tunisia any more, where it all began, or about Egypt which seems to be in the process of introducing democracy, or about Bahrain either, which as a friendly regime harbours the United States' Fifth Fleet. With the help of the US the leaders there are discretely distributing a few democratic carrots among their subjects while continuing to wave a stick above their heads. In fact it's tragic that with their uprising against the autocrat Gaddafi, the Libyans have done a disservice to their Arab brothers."

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