[Bookshelf]

You post, “Russia having an outpost in Libya gives them control of more oil, and allows them to intimidate Europe from a new direction.” I gather you would prefer — Turkey having an outpost in Libya gives them control of the Islamist movement that maintains a hold on Tripoli and Misrata and intimidates Europe from a new direction.

[aynrandfreak]

That makes it of even more strategic importance, per post 3.