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Libya Updates 6/12/17
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 74408017:MV8zMDUxNjUyXzYyOTgyMTU0X0M3NjQ3NjVF] [b][i]The Libyan quagmire[/i][/b] 5/15/17 [i]It is important to mobilise the efforts of the civil society organisations, the local municipal authorities, and the tribal elders to raise the public awareness of the vital importance of these elections[b] in Libya’s evolution towards democracy[/b]. Furthermore, any UN resolution taken in this regard should clearly indicate severe sanctions and punitive measures to be taken against those who in any way attempt to obstruct the electoral process. As Kobler rightly told the Security Council, the time has come for the international community to move from “containment” to “engagement” vis-à-vis Libya. Indeed, there is a moral responsibility for the international community to do so. Nato intervened in Libya under a UN mandate effectively putting an end to the previous regime. It is, therefore, unacceptable to leave Libya to its own devices at this critical juncture of its history. The time to save Libya is now. Failure to do so will have dire and tragic consequences for Libya and its neighbours. If no solution is reached by this summer, it may indeed prove to be a “Libyan summer of discontent” sending shockwaves all over the Mediterranean.[/i] https://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20170515/opinion/The-Libyan-quagmire.648029 ---- If they ever want 'democracy' in a tribal nation such as Libya, they're going to have to do what they did in America. You had many tribes that existed together on the continent. Treaty and war was between the tribes, no oversight committees. Those who tried to exert control over them found out they didn't like it too much. Does anyone recall the nations of this continent crying out for 'democracy'? 'Oh please, give us your wondrous system of control that will ensure our demise!' So they had to be genocided, wiped out, and the survivors put into little boxes. No more tribal nation. Pretty simple. Once you wipe out the tribes, then you can do whatever the fuck you want....... [b][i]We can’t impose democracy where it’s not wanted[/i][/b] 9/26/14 [i]There was joy around the world as the pressure mounted on his regime, and we feted a government in exile that swanned around Europe acting like they meant something. We armed some of the factions fighting Gaddafi, thinking we were clever enough to pick winners. Now look at what our applause and gun-running has brought Libya: chaos on a grand scale is our legacy. The barbarians are no longer massing at the gates, they have taken over. Tribalism and religion dominate the landscape because the West cannot admit their greatest failing. [b]You cannot impose the wonders of democracy on people who have no history of it and no stomach for it. Local warlords command the loyalty of their own tribe and are deeply suspicious of the warlord next door.[/b] Whatever happened to the government in exile? Who knows, but what we do know is that no government exists in Libya today. We rightly mourn the loss of an American diplomat in Benghazi but give barely a thought to those locals dying every day in futile battles fought over territory. The media has lost interest in Libya because the Islamic State beheads and converts.[/i] http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/columnists/graham-richardson/we-cant-impose-democracy-where-its-not-wanted/news-story/22e945342456b8d164311f438eb6f11a [/quote]
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In 2011, during the 'Arab Spring', NATO forces and western-backed militias brought down the government of Muammar Gaddafi, leader of Libya.
This thread is about the aftermath of that action.
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