In a move that will settle once and for all how Libya’s National Transitional Council (NTC) will handle the growing split between its faction of Islamists and its faction of former Gadhafi loyalists, Prime Minister ElKeib unveiled his new cabinet today.
The cabinet, incredibly, cut the Islamist faction, which controls virtually the entire NTC-loyal fighting force, out of the government. The cabinet is entirely made up of old Gadhafi loyalists, with the occasional tribal leader thrown in for good measure.
The most notable snubbing was military leader and former CIA torturee Abdulhakim Belhaj, who had been assumed to be a shoe-in for the Defense Ministry portfolio. Belhaj was not only not given that, but is not in the cabinet at all.
The move is being spun initially as an effort to placate Western interests who are having a hard time wrapping their heads around replacing Gadhafi with a number of Islamist leaders. In reality, however, it may be the first shot fired in a new civil war in post-Gadhafi Libya.
So does anyone imagine that the Islamist loyalists who fought to oust Gadhafi will now quietly lay down their arms and accept virtual foreign rule???
Soon there will be civil war and cries to NATO and the West to send in troops to safeguard Libya's oil for Western Interests.
God how stupid was the Arab Leagues agreement to ask the UN for intervention
NO…No…no,,, Andron…… It's pronounced EL CIA DUH….. from day 1. Judge them by their actions, not their rhetoric.. "Us, a C.I.A. operation..? No, No We're Islamist and we LOVE Osama Bin Laden….. He's our only hero..!!" Only problem is they are constantly doing exactly what the war party wants, but cannot say it wants…. The talk is all boob bate for the bubbas…
I also read somewhere that not a single major post went to a Berber either. So let's review, who was it that did the heavy lifting on the ground to put this new regime into power? Wasn't it the Islamists and the Berbers? Instead of dancing with the one that brung ya, you slam the door in their face the minute you reach the dance hall? That's going to work out well I am ever so sure.
Nice catch Rocky…
I agree with the above posts. The stage is being set for civil war, and I doubt if anyone thinks the "Islamists" will just quietly go away without their share of the spoils.
This is comical. The U.S. Government is really really horrible and stupid., I mean those words as a minor description of what it is. It dont even describe it. I just wonder, and I havent done all my studying but was Empires before the U.S. that stupid ? I mean all that money spent on Libya and bombing and junk is nothing now. Just right back to where they are at. It wouldnt have been any better if the Islamist were in control either hahahahaha. Just great !. its like a comic book.