Libya…

Anonymous, self-described, long-time foreign-service officer DiploMad  returns to blogging to look at Libya.   You will find more common sense commentary on foreign affairs in the first paragraph here than you will in dozens of other columns combined.    h/t Jim Geraghty

Michael Potemra has an  interesting post referencing a Daily Kos piece about what Iran may be learning from  Hillary’s war.   Mark Steyn digs further to the logic that if you’re a bad guy,  you need a nuke program.

Jamie Fly asks what is  the goal of His Oneness in Libya.   Andy McCarthy  points out that calling the non-governmental fighters in Libya “rebels” doesn’t change the fact that they refer to themselves as  being on jihad,  and that doesn’t fit well with the translation of the term as peaceful self-improvement.   I’m all for doing away with Qaddafi,  but I’d much prefer to let   SAS smash squads do their job effectively and get it over with instead of letting the Whiner-in-Chief blather on about  NOT getting Qaddafi.

Mark Krikorian  agrees that what His Oneness sees as manly action is seen by the rest of the world as a talker hiding behind the skirts of women.   Victor Davis Hanson  helpfully brings up how Obama’s lack of any perceptible Middle East policy will produce new flocks of Jimmy Carter’s chickens coming home to roost in the future.  Add do read John Derbyshire’s piece,  if for nothing besides the translation of the 63rd stanza of the Tao Teh Ching.

And  this transcript  from Sen. Obama on Presidents and undeclared wars is just  too good not to add.

Nuclear reactors…

If you’re looking for something new to keep you awake at night,  try this  nifty utility which has interactive maps to help you locate the world’s  nuclear reactors  —  at least those we know about.