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2024-08-22 Africa North

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Posted by Fred 2024-08-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11146 views ] Top
File under: Arab Spring

#1 When Italy ruled Libya it divided the country in three parts Tipolitania to the west, Cyrenaica to the east, and the Fezzan to the south. It would be well to reintroduce that arrangement. The Libya that is "deteriorating" is Tripoli, which is basically ungovernable. Thus, create a new Cyrenaican polity with its capital at Benghazi and let Tripoli go to Hell. As for Fezzan, it is not worth governing.

Posted by Sligum Hupomoling9524 2024-08-22 08:37|| 2024-08-22 08:37|| Front Page Top

#2 Libya was governed about as well as anyone could expect by Muammar Qadaffy. Sure, he was a scoundrel but Ronald Reagan rendered him harmless in 1983. The current state of that country is the legacy of treacherous meddling by America, Britain and France during the Obama administration. David Cameron and Nicholas Sarkozy headed the governments of Britain and France at the time. The question is: Are Libyans better off now than they were when Qadaffy was in power?

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Posted by Abu Uluque 2024-08-22 12:13|| 2024-08-22 12:13|| Front Page Top

#3 The miserable condition in western and southern Libya can be laid at the doorstep of Hillary Clinton. M. Qadafy had been (metaphorically) emasculated and was actually making some good economic and political changes in Libya when Washington's idiots backed by Paris and the EU, thought they could play petro-politics. They played "throw out the bastard and we'll take over." They forked-up, and to this day millions have suffered from their stupidity.

Posted by Sligum Hupomoling9524 2024-08-22 14:05|| 2024-08-22 14:05|| Front Page Top

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