Does anyone know a good source on the shit that went down in Libya during the Obama administration? And what the country has turned into today? I only ever see one-off quotes about slave markets and the ghastly Hillary line: "We came. We saw. He died." Whenever I tried googling for material, right-wing sources would pop up.
This should be a good first start;
https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201617/cmselect/cmfaff/119/119.pdf
In March 2011, the United Kingdom and France, with the support of the United States, led the international community to support an intervention in Libya to protect civilians from attacks by forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi. This policy was not informed by accurate intelligence. In particular, the Government failed to identify that the threat to civilians was overstated and that the rebels included a significant Islamist element. By the summer of 2011, the limited intervention to protect civilians had drifted into an opportunist policy of regime change. That policy was not underpinned by a strategy to support and shape post-Gaddafi Libya. The result was political and economic collapse, inter-militia and inter-tribal warfare, humanitarian and migrant crises, widespread human rights violations, the spread of Gaddafi regime weapons across the region and the growth of ISIL in North Africa. Through his decision making in the National Security Council, former Prime Minister David Cameron was ultimately responsible for the failure to develop a coherent Libya strategy
By the summer of 2011, the limited intervention to protect civilians had drifted into an opportunist policy of regime change.
it didn't drift. it was a deliberate regime change operation from the beginning, at least as far as NATO was concerned. . but your source here is the UK parliament so I know why they are doing this very limited admission. They know it was wrong but they don't want to admit that regime change was the point all along.
i think parenti wrote a bit about it in blackshirts and reds which might have contributed to the proliferation of the slave markets bit. another fun fact from the book is that libya had a higher quality of life than the netherlands. :deeper-sadness:
you're correct. B&R was written in the 90s and the coup against Gaddafi happened in 2011. Parenti's remarks on the Libya coup were limited to this facebook post but it is nonetheless compelling:
https://i.ibb.co/2gWKZQm/16-things-libya-will-never-see-again.png
lmfao i must be remembering something from a different writer hahaha
I find this passage from "Washington Bullets" by Vijay Prashad compelling:
https://i.ibb.co/LQqrNQr/Libya-2011-The-Extent-of-the-Redecoration-of-Colonialism.png
On that note - Any idea why Russia and China approved the UN intervention? I thought they’d be against it, given Gaddafi’s politics.
because the US and France and Saudi Arabia whipped everyone into a frenzy with allegations of genocide being carried out by the Libyan government. The UN vote was merely to investigate these allegations, but then NATO went and got Gaddafi murdered and refused to cooperate with any inquiry afterwards.
