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2014-07-29 Africa North

Oil Sending Libya Down Somalia's Route To Ruin

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Posted by Steve White 2014-07-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top
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Oil had nothing to do with Libya's route to ruin. The ruin began when Sprockets was overthrown.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-07-29 02:06|| 2014-07-29 02:06|| Front Page Top

#2 You create artificial countries out of tribes, they bound to break down eventually. A really brutal dictator can slow down the process, but nothing can stop it.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2014-07-29 03:57|| 2014-07-29 03:57|| Front Page Top

#3 The dear departed Christopher Hitchens said it best shortly before his death when he described North Africa and the Middle East as "Tribes with Flags"

I know that most Libyans I knew just wanted to get on with it and live their lives. The Moslem Brotherhood undermined the GNC while we stood by making nuisance gestures of good will and little else. Everyone from the barrista at the coffee shop I used to the Nigerian houseboy at my home knew the fate of Libya depended upon getting control of the militias and disbanding them. The GNC did neither and you had these strange Kabuki dances with a traffic accident where the Army, the local police and a group of militiamen would arrive and argue over jurisdiction while bystanders would call the ambulance and treat the injured.

Hiftar may be the last great hope of Libya to avoid the Somalia fate. I just know that a Libyan friend of mine, who was a patriot and a hero during the revolution recently moved his wife and children to the US. He told me three months ago that Libya was coming apart.

Posted by Bill Clinton 2014-07-29 11:45|| 2014-07-29 11:45|| Front Page Top

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