Qaddafi’s Defeat Will Test Mettle of Libyan Rebel Alliance United by War

[dipsydoodle]

Source: Bloomberg

Defeating Muammar Qaddafi may turn out to be the easy part for Libya’s rebels. Managing the aftermath will test the loose alliance of former exiles, Arab nationalists, Islamists and regime defectors who united to boot out the dictator.

As celebrations in Tripoli’s Green Square hailed the opposition fighters, governing after Qaddafi’s 42-year rule “will not be a bed of roses,” said Mustafa Abdel Jalil, the head of the rebels’ National Transitional Council, in a press conference yesterday in Benghazi, Libya.

Trying to prevent post-Qaddafi Libya from descending into chaos, the rebels have outlined a “road map” for the transition. They are promising presidential elections within a year, in a country devoid of political parties or even a constitution.

Post-Qaddafi instability may also “lead to the emergence of new authoritarian leaders or the breakup of the country,” warned a report this month from the Council on Foreign Relations. Such an outcome would “discredit the NATO-led intervention and threaten vital European interests, including oil and gas,” said the New York-based research group.

Read more: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-22/qaddafi-s-fall-to-test-mettle-of-libya-rebels-united-by-hatred-of-dictator.html

[nyy1998]

1. I hear the Fat Lady warming up but I don't think she's singing yet

Atleast that's the sense I'm getting. Tripoli still seems to be up for grabs...

[ForeignandDomestic]

2. The Fat Lady will be skinny and impoverish once the imperialists get their way!

Winners:

- IMF
- World Bank
- Britain
- France
- United States
- Military Industrial Complex/Contractors oil and otherwise
- Al QAeda

Losers:

- Libyan people, sectarian violence and immovable debt will surely cloud this proud country from this point forward.
- Kadaffi, no tears for him at all really.
- China, had massive investments in Kaddaffi's government and had signed independent oil contracts.
- Dinah, Africa's gold currency will surely be a distant memory now.
- Finally last and not least PEACE was the final loser in all of this!!!