Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2014 23:20:28 +0200
Libya's Destruction: A Warning to Egypt, Syria, and Ukraine
These "revolutions" have but one logical and predictable conclusion - the
plundering, division, and destruction of each respective nation
By <http://www.globalresearch.ca/author/tony-cartalucci> Tony Cartalucci
Global Research, July 27, 2014
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RT's article, " <http://rt.com/news/172780-tripoli-airport-attack-libya/>
90% of aircraft destroyed at Tripoli airport, Libya may seek international
assistance," reported that:
Libya is considering a deployment of international force to re-establish
security amid a flare-up of violence in Tripoli which saw dozens of rockets
destroy most of the civilian aircraft fleet at its international airport.
"The government is looking into the possibility of making an appeal for
international forces on the ground to re-establish security and help the
government impose its authority," a government spokesman, Ahmed Lamine said
in a statement.
The "democratic tomorrow" promised by NATO in 2011 has been realized - that
is - in the form of predictably fraudulent elections accepted by no one,
leaving a power vacuum apparently to be settled through increasingly violent
armed conflict. Perhaps most ironic of all is that these conflicts are being
waged between NATO's various armed proxies it used to carry out the ground
war while it bombarded Libya from the air over the majority of 2011.
NATO's Proxies Cannibalize Each Other
In May 2014, fighting in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi has left scores
dead, many more injured, and residents fleeing for their lives as what the
Western media called a "renegade general," waged war on "Islamist militants"
within the city. Reuters in its article, "
<http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/18/us-libya-violence-idUSBREA4G04A20
140518> Families evacuate Benghazi as renegade general vows more attacks,"
claimed:
The self-declared Libyan National Army led by a renegade general told
civilians on Saturday to leave parts of Benghazi before it launched a fresh
attack on Islamist militants, a day after dozens were killed in the worst
clashes in the city for months.
The renegade general is Khalifa Haftar (sometimes spelled Hifter), who lived
in the United States - outside of Langley Virginia - for years allegedly
being groomed by the CIA until his eventual return to Libya in 2011 to lead
ground forces in NATO's proxy invasion. The Business Insider would report in
its 2011 article, "
<http://www.businessinsider.com/the-cias-man-in-libya-2011-4> Is General
Khalifa Hifter The CIA's Man In Libya?," that:
Since coming to the United States in the early 1990s, Hifter lived in
suburban Virginia outside Washington, D.C. Badr said he was unsure exactly
what Hifter did to support himself, and that Hifter primarily focused on
helping his large family.
So a former Qaddafi general who switches sides is admitted to the United
States, puts down roots in Virginia outside Washington, D.C. and then
somehow supports his family in a manner that mystifies a fellow who has
known Hifter his whole life. Hmm.
The likelihood that Hifter was brought in to be some kind of asset is pretty
high. Just as figures like Ahmed Chalabi were cultivated for a post-Saddam
Iraq, Hifter may have played a similar role as American intelligence
prepared for a chance in Libya.
The irony is that many of the sectarian militants Hafter was fighting in
Benghazi were the same militants Muammar Qaddafi was fighting for decades as
leader of Libya, and the same militants that NATO armed and abetted
alongside Hafter in the overthrow of Qaddafi in 2011.
Regarding his campaign in Benghazi,
<http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-27459182> Hafter claimed that it would
continue until "Benghazi is purged of terrorists," and that, "we've started
this battle and will continue it until we have reached our goals. The street
and the Libyan people are with us." Hafter's sentiments echo those of
Muammar Qaddafi in 2011, only then, the Western media denied the existence
of terrorists that had been based in Benghazi for decades and portrayed
Tripoli's operations there as a "massacre" of "peaceful pro-democracy
protesters."
NATO Destroyed Libya
The very atrocities cited by NATO to begin their "humanitarian intervention"
in Libya in the first place, immediately began unfolding in reality at the
hands of NATO and its proxy forces themselves.
<http://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/2011/09/sirte-civilians-nato-committing.h
tml> Entire cities were encircled, starved out, and bombarded by air until
they capitulated. In other towns, entire populations were either
exterminated, evicted and eventually driven beyond Libya's borders. The city
of Tawarga, home to some 10,000 Libyans, was so utterly uprooted, it was
referred to
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/875437
5/Gaddafis-ghost-town-after-the-loyalists-retreat.html> by the London
Telegraph as a "ghost town."
Since the fall of Tripoli, Sirte, and other Libyan cities that resisted
NATO's proxy invasion, little in the way of basic stability, let alone the
"democratic revolution" promised by NATO and its collaborators, has returned
to Libya. The government in Tripoli remains in chaos, its security forces
divided amongst themselves, and now a "rogue" CIA asset is conducting a
full-scale military operation against Benghazi, including the use military
aircraft, apparently without Tripoli's approval.
Years after the "revolution's" conclusion, Libya remains a hobbled nation
sliding backwards. The many achievements of Muammar Qaddafi's government
have long since been undone, and it is unlikely they will be restored let
alone surpassed in the foreseeable future. NATO has effectively upturned and
destroyed an entire nation, leaving it to not only burn while Western
corporations pillage its resources, but to use as a template for future
extraterritorial adventures in Syria, Egypt, Ukraine, and now Iraq.
The Libyan Model: Egypt, Syria, Ukraine Beware
Just as in Libya, "revolutions" have tried to take root in Egypt, Syria, and
Ukraine. The same narratives, verbatim, crafted by Western policy think
tanks and media spin doctors for Libya are now being reused in Egypt, Syria,
and Ukraine. The very same non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are being
used to fund, equip, and otherwise support opposition groups in each
respective country. Terms such as "democracy," "progress," "freedom," and
fighting against "dictatorship" are familiar themes. The protests were and
are each accompanied by heavily armed militants also fully backed by the
West.
In Syria, the pretense of protests has been dropped as has the notion of
"freedom fighters." The Western media now spends much of its time
<http://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/2012/08/globalist-rag-gives-two-cheers-fo
r.html> spinning and justifying why NATO and its regional partners are
funding and arming sectarian militants, including Al Qaeda, in the overthrow
of the Syrian government.
In Egypt, there is still some ambiguity, as there was in 2011 regarding
Syria, as to who the protesters really are, what they really want, and on
which side of the increasingly violent conflict playing out there the West
falls.
<http://journal-neo.org/2014/04/28/west-hangs-syrian-style-war-over-egypt-s-
future/> Careful analysis reveals that just as the Muslim Brotherhood was
used in Syria to set the stage for the now devastating war raging there, the
Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood is doing likewise against Cairo.
Finally, in Ukraine, the "pro-democracy" "pro-European Union" "Euromaidan"
protesters have been revealed
<http://journal-neo.org/2014/03/07/bbc-now-admits-armed-nazis-led/> as
Neo-Nazis, ultra-right, and nationalists who regularly resort to violence
and political intimidation. Just as in Syria in 2011, and in Egypt now, low
intensity armed clashes are increasing in frequency and intensity toward
what may end up as a proxy war between NATO and Russia in Eastern Europe.
But for these three nations, and the participants on all sides, Libya's
current state must be examined. These "revolutions" have but one logical and
predictable conclusion - the plundering, division, and destruction of each
respective nation, before it is folded into Wall Street and London's growing
supranational order to be exploited indefinitely as much of the US, UK, and
EU already are today. For those wondering what will become of Egypt, Syria,
or Ukraine, should NATO succeed, one needs only to look at Libya. And for
those that supported the "revolution" in Libya, they must ask themselves if
they are they satisfied with its final outcome. Do they wish this outcome
upon Egypt, Syria, and Ukraine as well? Do they imagine that NATO's plans
for each of these countries will end any differently? Why?
Tony Cartalucci, Bangkok-based geopolitical researcher and writer,
especially for the online magazine <http://journal-neo.org/> "
<http://journal-neo.org/> New Eastern Outlook".
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