As I write this, the former Libyan rebels now, NTC government of Libya are soon declaring victory over Sirte – Ghaddafi’s hometown, Bani Walid and Sabha cities. But trust me, the battle for Libya is not yet over, this is just the beggining.
The former African strongman is no longer in control of the vast oil resources of Libya but he is not yet dead, still in control of vast weaponry hidden in the vast Libyan desert, still has the money to sustain an armed rebellion for years and still very stubborn as usual.
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NATO entered the Libyan conflict because of its vast oil interests and nothing else and for those who still doubt this should ask themselves why the Western powers have not intervened to save the Syrian people (Syria has no oil).
Almost the whole of Libya has been liberated by the NTC from the dictatorship of Col. Ghadaffi. However, a stable Libya which will not keep on its knees to continue begging for NATO military support is a threat to Western oil interests.
Western governments who intervened to ensure the fall of Col. Ghadaffi are interested in a weak government to ensure the permanent presence of the Western Military to protect their oil interests.
Almost the whole of Libya has been liberated by the NTC from the dictatorship of Col. Ghadaffi. However, a stable Libya which will not keep on its knees to continue begging for NATO military support is a threat to Western oil interests.
Western governments who intervened to ensure the fall of Col. Ghadaffi are interested in a weak government to ensure the permanent presence of the Western Military to protect their oil interests.
Suprisingly, Western governments have been in bed with the Libyan strongman massaging themselves. The recent discovery of secret rendition papers on the former Ghaddafi’s spy chief offices in Tripoli showed strong collaboration between the Libyan government and Western governments spy agencies. Ghaddafi government had even started giving lucrative oil contracts to western owned oil companies which was a strong sign of increased cooperation.
Now, out of the blue, the western countries through their armed wing called NATO turned against the Libyan strongman and went on the side of the anti-Ghaddaffi forces.
Why this turn of events? At the beginning of the Benghazi protests in Libya, USA and the European imperialists has already seen that the revolutionalists were going to win the battle for Libya although it would take years because they were already in possession of vast weaponry acquired from the Benghazi Military bases they had already captured.
Although Ghaddafi is weakened, he is the only person who can give headache to the NTC government so that they can always seek NATO’s military help.
NATO might even be having strong intelligence information of Col. Gadhaffi’s whereabouts but can not kill him to protect its interests. Dont even be suprised at one time in future to find NATO aiding the escape of Ghaddafi and some of his close associates incase NTC forces try to capture him.
To further prove this, NATO recently allowed a heavily armed convoy of 250 Ghaddafi vehicles to cross to Niger without being hit. Such weapons in possession of the highly stubborn desert fighters called the Tuareg tribe will cause havoc to the Libyan government.
Provided Ghaddafi remains stubborn and keeps a weak NTC government will will always be on its knees for NATO's military help but does not pose threats to oil exploration in Libya, he will still remain relevant to Western powers oil interests and therefore, they will do what it takes to keep him alive.
