A new University of Oxford poll conducted in Libya shows a significantly split population in the wake of the NATO-backed civil war, with a significant portion of the population not considering having a say in governance a big deal.
Indeed, some 35 percent of the population is hoping to see the current “transitional council” replaced with a new strongman within the next five years, and only about two thirds of the population really wants a say in the future government.
Oxford’s efforts to explain the results are in many ways as complicated as the data itself. Officials insist that the population “seems to be happy with the NTC” and that the approval for a new strongman says they “lack the knowledge of how a democracy works.”
Rather, it might suggest that Libyans are seeing how poorly what the West installed in Libya and calls “democracy” is working. With militias expanding across the nation, the situation appears incredibly unstable, and the will of the Libyan public is probably not going to be a primary driver of future affairs.
Train, fund and arm their thugs. Import thugs from other theaters. Bomb them. Then paint 'em as barbarians when they sound ungrateful. That'll 'civilize' 'em. Hey, could be my cynicism means I don't 'know how democracy works,' either.
Hey Libya, if you're like Iraq, within another year or so, you'll be considering Quaddafy the 'good ole days'. Just wait.
>>>they “lack the knowledge of how a democracy works.”
The thing is, they know quite well what US imposed "democracy" means for the Empire's victims abroad and the ugly farce it has become in the home front. The USA has managed to give "democracy" a nefarious ring in the ears of people world-wide.
Well, the idea that most people are too busy living their lives to want to get involved in the process of governance – with all the insipid activities that go with it – is an idea that used to characterize the people of the United States when they believed in the the idea that the "best government is one that governs the least." I suspect that Ghaddafi, despite being a "strongman," did a pretty good job of leaving most Libyans alone from the harassment standpoint while providing them with things they actually want.
President Obama, Sarkozi, Markel, Cameron, the Swedish government, Danish government and others, your policy toward nations in Africa and Middle East has failed, not because of who you are but rather because of your deceptive idea in implementing it. Its been a failure not because of you but rather your falsified democracy in general, its been a failure not because of you but rather of your lies about others, your policy has failed not because of you but because you never been honest with your own people how can you act in honest terms with other nation.
Well if you grew up and your daddy was a child beater…you think that is the way it is, and when your daddy is gone, you miss him…Look at the Republicans…they still think Ronnie RayGun was a great president and they miss him…