LIBYA : A COUNTRY ON THE BRINK

An editorial in The Guardian today looks at the shithole that is now Libya, but also buries The Guardian's role in making that once jewel in the crown of Africa such a shithole.

The country now faces a real risk of breaking apart. The rebellious regions argue that as Congress's mandate ran out in February it is no longer legitimate and they can do what they wish until the next election, currently scheduled for July. The best hope to avoid all-out conflict between the competing factions is for the rebels to allow Congress – which is at least elected – to govern until the summer, when elections may produce a new, more representative assembly, and to urge all sides to guarantee the electoral process.

Western governments, which intervened decisively in the revolution on the grounds of preventing civilian death in Benghazi, bear a continued responsibility to assist the country in finding a way through its predicament. Libya's rebels won the war with the help of Nato jets. It is incumbent on the US, Britain and France to do their utmost to help the country win the peace.

[source : Libya: a country on the brink, Editorial, The Guardian, http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/18/libya-country-on-brink-editorial, 18th March 2014]

That last paragraph is the most significant.

Now read LIBYA : NATO MUST BE RESOLUTE AND FINISH WHAT IT BEGAN.

Everywhere NATO goes chaos follows.

This cannot be by accident.

Ordo ab chao.

And The Guardian pushes the agenda over a trendy middle class breakfast.