Libya: the war to pay off creditors

[melchar]

Like a dog called to attack, the US was ordered to go attack Libya - and has done so. Somehow we went from happy partnership with Libya and PRAISING them [no, not years ago, but LAST SUMMER, June 2010]: http://photos.state.gov/libraries/libya/19452/public/TP%20-%20Carnegie%20Foundation%20100604.pdf
... to bombing them. Same Libyans - attacking the same terrorists who are now being painted as 'freedom fighters'.

What changed? Gadhafi threatened BP's control of oil exploitation:
http://rundown.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/03/04/6188972-fighting-continues-in-libya

And BP + NATO wants to push China's competition out of the oil biz in Libya:
http://abundanthope.net/pages/True_US_History_108/Operation-Libya-and-the-Battle-for-Oil-Redrawing-the-Map-of-Africa_printer.shtml

And while Libya was shooting armed guys shooting back at them, the Saudi government AND the kingdom of Bahrain have been shooting unarmed, peaceful protesters - and wanted to NOT be in the news about it.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-17/saudi-arabia-risks-contagion-from-shiite-protests-roiling-neighbor-bahrain.html

Thus the order for the US to attack Libya. It helps BP, makes NATO happy - and draws away international attention from Saudi and Bahrain atrocities.

Comments

[kimberlywade.livejournal.com]

And a US general gets on tv to tell us we're saving innocent civilians from slaughter. Well, maybe, but how many innocent civilians have been slaughtered in the Congo in the past decade? Darfur, Zimbabwe, Sierra Leone? Oh, right, they don't have any oil.

[melchar.livejournal.com]

You are so right. It's a huge mess about oil - and lots of hand waving so we look at the military puppet show they want us to watch while the rest takes place on the other side of the curtain.

[maestrodog.livejournal.com]

With every month that passes, i get more and more skeptical of this country's ability to survive the rest of my lifetime.