In comments that seem destined to be repeatedly quoted over the course of the next few decades of civil war, the US Ambassador to Libya Gene Cretz has announced that he doesn’t believe that a “long-term insurgency” will emerge in Libya, and that the rebels will inevitably choose moderate leaders.
Cretz went on to insist that Libya was simply “going through the natural throes of a democratic process,” and that rebel-dominated Libya would end up a “reliable partner against terrorism.”
Cretz was previously recalled from Libya in disgrace in January following the release of WikiLeaks documents which raised concerns about his ability to carry out his duties, including mocking Gadhafi’s fear of flying over the water. He is now back in Tripoli.
Libya, for its part, has been through six months of civil war, and is expected to go through several months more fighting the remnants of the Gadhafi regime, before finally segueing into a second civil war between the various rebel factions, who are already arming to take on one another.
With the first-rate propaganda job the West is doing of neutralizing, maligning and demonizing the rebels, it won't be long before they're declared "terrorists" and the bombing starts again.
Flashback to Baghdad in 2003….. US ambassador doesn't see long-term insurgency.
So now the Government forces are the insurgents? Who are we fighting today?
I'm thinking a couple of good investments would be in the Dog and Pony Show circuit and the factories where Smoke and Mirrors are made to government specifications.
You can be sure that O-bomba will support whichever is the fluid force in flux in the kinetic battle theater — or maybe he'll turn around and support the other side tomorrow….