Friday, July 1, 2016

Stop the forming of a Dictator who reaps Libya's oil riches

Steady Siege Squeezes ISIS Stronghold in Libya has a local tribal militia fighter scoffing at CIA Director Brennan's testimony to Congress estimating eight thousand Islamic fighters as if the scene was developing along the lines where American military intervention would ever be useful.  It won't because as the article makes clear there is no government in Libya, only tribal factions. The CIA should analyse Libya as Afghanistan when fighting Russia but without a central modern enemy, only strongmen using the ideology de jeure of cohesion, Islamisism instead of Communism, to develop an army solely for the purpose of reaping the oil riches that fed Qaddafi and his dictatorial rule.  As long as the treasure is funneled though a central office the prize remains. Get rid of the prize by distributing the oil money directly to tribal leaders much like General Petraeus did with the Surge in Iraq and you defuse the bomb that is otherwise to come.    

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