Khalifa Hafter’s recent attack on the Libyan capital of Tripoli was
something of a surprise. Hafter has long imagined he’d eventually end up
ruling Libya, but it wasn’t clear what the instigating event was for
this particular huge offensive.
Recent indications, however, are that Hafter’s attack was directly solicited by the Saudi kingdom, with one advisor saying that they offered “tens of millions of dollars” to pay for the campaign, and were “quite generous.”
Hafter was quick to accept, because in Libyan military terms that really
is a lot of money. The Saudis are just the latest to support Hafter’s
ambitions, with the UAE and Egypt among a list of other regional powers
backing him in the past.
The offensive hasn’t gone as smoothly as Hafter, or the Saudis, had
hoped, and seems to be getting bogged down in Tripoli’s south. While the
UN is trying to resolve the situation, Hafter has enough foreign
backing that they can’t put any real pressure on him to stop the
offensive. Hafter spent the weekend in Egypt, meeting with their junta,
and it’s likely that he came out of that just further encouraged about
the endgame of Libya.
The US speaks against Hafter’s latest actions, but supported him in the past and arms the military regimes who are arming this prospective military regime for Libya. Indirectly, our addiction to oil is shedding blood in Libya.
He was a CIA asset, sent to do what he is now doing. The issue is that the US lost control of him, and now wants to reassert control.
Yeah, I noticed his previous CIA connection, and was put off by it. Has he really turned away from the Imperium and decided to become an independent dark lord? Will he be the new improved Gaddafi? Allied with Egypt, perhaps? Seeking to unite and stabilize and lead Libya into the neoliberal world order as its next “strongman”, an Anglo-Zionist-friendly strongman?
Yes Libya has excellent quality oil. But the arming of opposing militias is a tactic that the Rothschild agents use to destabilize the region. Khaddafi was a uniter and source of stability to all of Africa. Now the destabilization has increased desperation to get to Europe, which Israelis hoped for thinking it will benefit their goal of expansion for “greater Israel ” There is real evil in this world. The fact that Israel takes credit for negotiating the deal to keep Assad in power is telling. Every Syrian has family that has been tortured and or missing.
The moment for this offensive is no doubt influenced by his advanced age, and by the progress of the US/UN meddling that sought to entrench a technocratic regime manipulated by outside interests, much like entrenching the military regime in Egypt and the Saudi compromise in Arabia. The reasons for this moment are real, not just random.