Blood for oil? You’ve got to be kidding.
by digby
Something’s fishy in Tripoli? Daniel J. Graeber of Oilprice.com:
Way back in early 2011, members of the U.N. Security Council had no problem getting a resolution through that authorized military force in Libya ostensibly to protect civilians from attacks by forces loyal to strongman Moammar Gadhafi. The year before, lawmakers on both sides of the Atlantic were bickering over who did what and why in terms of the cancer-stricken Lockerbie bomber. This Scottish decision to release him, depending on which U.S. lawmaker you spoke with, was tied to a BP deal to drill for oil in Libya. Despite fractures in the new interim government in Tripoli and reports of renewed protests, a decision by the Italian government to quietly discuss trade relations suggests something isn’t quite right in the way Western allies pick their fights.
If it’s questions are answered in the most obvious way it will end up being one of the quickest debunking of a casus belli in modern history. Not that anyone’s too surprised, I’m sure.
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