U.S. Militarization in Libya

[unhappycamper]

http://watchingamerica.com/News/140983/u-s-militarization-in-libya/


U.S. Militarization in Libya
Juventud Rebelde, Cuba
By Jorge L. Rodriquez Gonzalez
Translated By Kate Wheeler
1 February 2012
Edited by Jes­sica Boesl

They didn’t become involved in Libya to avoid the damage and death that they experienced in their ranks in Afghanistan and Iraq. But, with a powerful air war, the United States, France, the United Kingdom and the partners of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) destroyed an independent and sovereign nation in the name of a hypocritical worry about democracy, without having a single one of their soldiers leave Libya in a coffin. But now, given the difficulty facing the new authority — put in place by the Western powers — to establish and administrate the “new” Libya, Washington has decided to take action.

The chaos impacts one of the major African oil producers. The armed groups that responded to the National Transitional Council (NTC) — the NATO land army in the war against Moammar Gadhafi’s regime, have spent months fighting for the control of strongholds with a force that requires the NTC to be partial to their interests. Because of this the armed groups reject offers to integrate themselves into what would be the new Libyan armed forces.

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For this reason, the North American superpower began to establish a military presence in Libya, in an elusive manner thanks to the silent response from the major media powers that accompanied the imperial war against the North African nation.

Since late December, the Pentagon began installing a military base in Wau Al Kebir (900 km southeast of Tripoli and 240 km north of the border with Chad). And in the last few days, various media outlets have reported the movement of American soldiers — some say 6,000, others say up to 12,000 — from a military base in Malta to Brega — a strategic Lebanese city where petroleum is refined before it is sold on the world market.

[joshcryer]

1. Faux propaganda.