Posted on 03/21/2017 8:37:02 AM PDT by Lorianne
The EU and US urge "strongman" Khalifa Haftar to return oil ports to the "Libyan people". We're glad that Washington has a sense of humor ___
Libya was the richest, most developed, most educated country in North Africa. It was a model of much-needed stability in the region, with a government that was considerably less terrible than NATO's numerous medieval dictator-allies.
Before the "revolution", the Libyan government used oil revenues to subsidize a whole range of social benefits for its citizens.
And now that Libya is a moon crater, the U.S. and its European poodles are whining about "returning oil ports to the Libyan people". Is this a new standup routine that Washington has been practicing?
EU states and the US have urged a Russia-backed Libyan warlord to hand back oil ports, amid warnings that Russia was trying to do in Libya what it did in Syria.
The British, French, Italian, and US ambassadors to Libya said oil facilities “belong to the Libyan people and must remain under the exclusive control” of central authorities.
This statement is of course referring to Khalifa Haftar and his successful attack against "Islamist militias" (fanatics affiliated with al-Qaeda) who seized Sidra and Ras Lanuf earlier this month.
In other words: The U.S. and Europe are now having a panic attack because Islamic extremists no longer control two key oil ports in Libya. What a strange thing to be upset about.
And the notion that Washington cares at all about what "belongs" to the Libyan people is laughable. If you measure the scale of destruction in terms of where Libya was before NATO's "humanitarian intervention", and where it is now, it's simply criminal. Before Obama started dropping "right to protect" bombs, this is what the U.N. said about Libya:
In 2010, Libya ranked 53rd in the UN’s Human Development Index among 163 countries. With life expectancy at birth at 74.5 years, an 88.4% adult literacy rate and a gross enrolment ratio of 94.1%, Libya was classified as a high human development country among the Middle East and North Africa region.
Libyans once enjoyed a higher standard of living than 2/3 of the planet. NATO fixed that little problem — and now Washington is crying crocodile tears about oil facilities that "belong" to the Libyan people. The entire country belongs to the Libyan people. Washington destroyed it, but for some reason it's only concerned about the oil ports. How odd.
Obama, McCain, Hillary, Graham and Rubio thought it was better to have chaos in Libya than a dictator.
Yep. They’re all warmongers.
Libya wasn’t a threat to anyone. They had opened their weapons arsenal for UN inspections.
Oil was certainly part of the reason for obama, hillary, and mccain’s aggression against them. I also believe obama and hillary were acting on behalf of the muslim brotherhood.
Like Mulder I want to believe, but like Skully, I have become very skeptical. No one is to blame except for our government, and they are only making it worse for themselves with their behavior towards Trump. Only something that has something to hide treats a President who was fairly elected to the office as they have treated him. Much worse than Obama ever experienced for sure.
They also granted chaos to Europe because all those refugees are flooding into Europe via ... you guessed it ... Libya. Made possible by Hillary and Obama's work to destroy that nation.
Liberals have a very hard time defending obama and hillary’s aggressive behavior in Libya and Syria. None can justify their behavior.
Obama and Clinton are responsible for the utter destruction of Libya. As predicted by Kaddafi also, his death opened the door for all of Africa to attempt to immigrate to Western Europe.
Although 4 American deaths at Benghazi were bad, Obama and Clinton have literally destroyed a nation, killed hundreds of thousands, displaced millions, and have turned Libya into a jihadi haven.
Why were no congressional hearings held on THAT???
Yes.
The media doesn’t cover very much the Libya angle of the “refugee” story, preferring to concentrate on Syria which they can (tenuously) blame on Bush.
Why were no congressional hearings held on THAT???
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Because they had the support of McCain, Graham and Rubio
In the film Shooter, the AG explains exactly that to Swaggart and his FBI sidekick.
Lotta truths in that movie.
“We came. We saw. He died.”
“... We gave his wardrobe to Rosa DeLauro
Well, Hillary and Sidney wanted their hands on all that oil.
Where’s his chick Detail go?
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Did you read TASS and Pravda too with the same credulity?
“No, I’m a principled man supporting freedom.”
Why do you not express the same vitriol toward Kim, or any of the other dictators?
You know, like the Saudis...or Viet Namese...or Chinese et al?
Your obsession absolutely detracts from your ability to convince anyone of your point of view. Nowdays nobody listens to you other than us who enjoy provoking you to even more extreme vitriol.
And by doing so, further undermine your arguments.
Khadifi should have been left alone.
The Arab spring made things worse, but we (the global uniparty and MSM) were in favor of upheaval.
We are coming up on five years of stalling the investigation into why George Soros, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton had the government of Libya overthrown and Qadaffi murdered.
I have a t-shirt of him with his shirt off. It’s the first shirt I put on after I do the laundry. I call him “golden boy.”
Once again, all you are doing is attacking FReepers.
If you have some information that counters the information in the article, I would appreciate knowing about it. I’m sure others would too.
Before Russia was involved in Libya, I said it was a mistake to get involved. When Obama, McCain, Clinton, Graham, (and I think Rubio too) were hawking the idea we should arm the Muslim Brotherhood, I thought it was a ridiculous idea.
Only later on did I find out that Soros money had funded the uprising in Tunisia, and his money was once again on the line in Libya.
Do you think Soros is a great supporter of U. S. strategic Global dynamics?
Khadaffy had been a bad play in the region in decades past. Pan Am 107 is a prime example. When Bush invaded Iraq, Khadaffy contacted the U. S. and turned over his nuclear weapons program. He saw the handwriting on the wall.
Egypt was so disgusted with the Muslim Brotherhood they tossed them out. They remain in Libya, and I don’t think the place is better off. I think it’s worse off, by a magnitude.
If you have something to counter that, by all means, I’d appreciate hearing about it.
The only information I have is what I read. I haven’t read anything supporting the idea Libya is better off today.
You need to get over this Putin thing. If the report is false, explain how it is. If you can’t, why are you feeling such a burden on this?
Is it your take that Obama, McCain, Clinton, Graham, and likely Rubio too, were right? Are we anti-U. S. and pro Russian of we don’t agree?
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