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| Libya ex-PM Says West has Abandoned his Country |
| 2012-03-25 |
| [An Nahar] Libya's former Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril on Saturday expressed concern ...meaning the brow was mildly wrinkled, the eyebrows drawn slightly together, and a thoughtful expression assumed, not that anything was actually done or indeed that any thought was actually expended... that the West had abandoned his country after the collapse of Muammar Qadaffy ... who is now napping peacefully in the dirt... 's regime. "It is a fatal mistake to abandon Libya", Jibril said at a forum organized by public policy institute the German Marshall Fund of the United States. "When the regime collapsed, the state collapsed as well. And when the regime collapsed, everyone disappeared." As you may recall, at the time you didn't want Westerners, particularly Americans, setting foot in your country. We remember even if you don't... Jibril stepped down last October after serving as interim premier under the rebels' National Transitional Council. Libya, with only embryonic state institutions, is going through a delicate post-conflict period, and the unilateral proclamation of independence by figures in eastern Libya has revived fears of a partition of the country. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 You should be so lucky. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2012-03-25 16:05 |
| #3 Don't think 'nation building' was ever in the plans. Libya was a test case. Sorry, dudes - you were lab rats. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2012-03-25 14:43 |
| #2 "When the regime collapsed, the state collapsed as well. And when the regime collapsed, everyone disappeared." Revisionist history so SOON? The regime didn't "callapse".... the country was overthrown and 'sprockets' was brutally murdered. The only reason the US State Department standard program of Nation Building has not kick-in is where fresh outta cash and the Chinese see no reason to back the loan. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2012-03-25 11:45 |
| #1 Yes, what goes on in Libya is the west's responsibility. Perhaps what is necessary is for one of the countries in the west to take special interest in the Libyans. To guide them and train them in the ways of civilization. To feed them and clothe them, like the rambunctious juveniles they are. Italy, perhaps? |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2012-03-25 07:03 |