15 nations at the Madrid Summit on Libya today unanimously rejected the government’s call for a military intervention in the country, saying there was no military solution to the crisis.
The Libyan government controls little to no territory anymore, with various militias controlling different cities, and the military largely under control of Gen. Khalifa Hifter, who is trying to launch a coup d’etat. The government has sought foreign militaries to restore them to power.
Spanish FM Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo said that the status quo was unacceptable, warning Libya faces a Syria-style civil war, and Libya’s Foreign Minister Mohamed Abdulaziz warned foreign airstrikes being launched by Egypt and the UAE (who are backing Hifter) would not help the situation.
Cohesion in the Libyan government seems to be waning, with Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni proposing a new cabinet, and the parliament spurning the idea, saying they want no foreign passport-holding cabinet ministers, and no more than 10 ministers.
Yeah that's right they won't intervene now after they wrecked the place. This US intervention pisses me off the most Libya was an ok place to live.
“No military solution”
In short, an exercise in absolute futility and an idea most thought provoking, for when in world history has wars won by those most brutal been a solution to anything?
So, exactly what was it that brought about such a grand unity of purpose? But surely, it was the ultimate conclusion of a situation most conducive to achieving a full and perfect understanding. For a hundred different military groups, all carrying their concept of a military solution to it’s ultimate conclusion and all hitting a stone wall.
And so, applying this to the grand scheme of things, does this not give us a profound hope that after the rise and fall of our Empire, all things will turn toward the good? That’s what I always say.