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Comrade Grumpy

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2. But the important thing is the oil is flowing again.

Reply to JohnyCanuck (Original post)

Sat Sep 21, 2013, 11:59 AM

Sep 2013

Even if the national government is a bad joke and bands of armed thugs run their own little fiefdoms.

The national government can't even put Saeef Gaddafi on trial because the Zintan militia won't turn him over. That's how much authority the central government has.

The Libyan intervention is also Russia's main excuse for blocking UN action on Syria.

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Look at ‘Liberated’ Libya and Despair [View all] JohnyCanuck Sep 2013 OP

"Oil was the main objective and the real reason for the NATO intervention" Jesus Malverde Sep 2013 #1

But the important thing is the oil is flowing again. Comrade Grumpy Sep 2013 #2

But it's not. Igel Sep 2013 #3

Russia's main excuse for blocking UN action on Syria. dipsydoodle Sep 2013 #4

I remember a Middle East expert I was reading at the time, Benton D Struckcheon Sep 2013 #5