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Benton D Struckcheon

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5. I remember a Middle East expert I was reading at the time,

Reply to JohnyCanuck (Original post)

Sat Sep 21, 2013, 01:20 PM

Sep 2013

who said Libya wasn't really a modern country, but rather very tribal, and that Qaddafi came from a tribe that was not real up there in the hierarchy, kind of like Assad over in Syria and his Alawites, I guess. Anyway, he figured the place would break up. Looks like he was right.

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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