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It was to placate the Europeans who used to get a lot of oil from Libya before Zero sent in William Ayers and the Muslim Brotherhood.

[ChiefJayStrongbow]

Libya produced light sweet crude(low sulphur). Most of europe’s refineries can only handle light sweet crude. Saudi’s, who claimed they could make up the difference have sour crude.

The strategic patroleum reserve contains light sweet crude but will only supply europe with a couple of weeks of oil. Thus the push to assassinate ghadaffi.