Look at ‘Liberated’ Libya and Despair

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3. But it's not.

All the disruptions and territorial boundaries prevent the oil from flowing at anything near pre-war levels.

It's almost as bad as it was during the actual fighting.

"Cui bono?" Well, not the multinational oil companies. Not the people of Libya. Not even the satellite companies--they're just not powerful enough to ask the question about (it's just another way of asking about motive, means, and opportunity, with the heavy focus on "motive&quot .

Who has power? Lots of people who didn't. Oddly, they were instigators in the fighting as well, largely predicted to be the winners if Qaddhafi fell, but pretty much ignored because for most Americans all politics in every country ultimately is taken to be whatever's important for domestic US partisan politics.