Equation
Lieutenant General
Even with the majority of the planning came with help from the US, NATO somehow didn't perform up to par.
The Civil War in Libya
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Even with the majority of the planning came with help from the US, NATO somehow didn't perform up to par.
plawolf
Lieutenant General
The western powers have hardly kept a stella record when it comes of post war scenarios. Just look at the fugly mess they made of Iraq.
Western powers just seem to care about blowing sh!t up and if they put a fraction of the effort and resources to rebuilding as they invested in destroying a country, it would be a completely different story.
Western powers just seem to care about blowing sh!t up and if they put a fraction of the effort and resources to rebuilding as they invested in destroying a country, it would be a completely different story.
The whole thing is a ridiculous mess especially since there really seems to be no effort into any attempt at rebuilding, as the militaries seem ill-equipped to do this they must rely on the private sector, but rather than effectively marshaling the private sector to perform the task they allow 'free markets' to decide the outcome, and that just results in massive amounts of graft and corruption.
The Libyans are going to pay for their own reconstruction with seized Qaddafi assets and oil money. I'd rather have them do that then be on the hook to the IMF or World Bank or the US.
That's still the big question. How is the NTC will fund reconstruction, and whether China is going to be let in on the contracts.
Contrary to what people assume, the workers the PRC evacuated weren't in Libya for oil, they were there for construction contracts building roads and housing. China seems to do alot of construction in-sourcing for Africa.
solarz
Brigadier
How's that working out for Iraq?
I think the situations are quite different, considering Libya's much smaller population and the lack of a foreign occupation force and a lot of other things.