two interesting notes

The case for no Western intervention:

1655: Dima Khatib, an Arab journalist tweets: “I hear a few intellectuals speaking from liberated areas of Libya, concerned, saying they don’t want foreign hands to intervene.”

This seemed to be the case in Egypt as well. People wanted moral support and respect for what they were doing. They maybe hoped for some more encouraging Obama speeches. But nobody wanted anything more than that. (Then again, that was never remotely an option for Egypt, whereas for Libya it’s at least conceivable.) The Arab people want to own their own revolutions, and they should be allowed to do so. (Though don’t forget, the USA needed significant French Imperialist help to defeat Britain in its own revolution.)

In other news, another pilot deliberately ejects and lets his plane crash rather than follow a dire order from the Colonel:

1700: The Guardian’s Martin Chulov in Libya tweets: “Went to site of crashed Libyan air force jet today. Pilot refused to bomb oil depots&ejected. One bomb wedged in sand.”