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The "Decent Left" and the Libya Intervention
A Reply to Michael Bérubé

Gibbs, David N.
http://www.counterpunch.org/2011/11/25/the-%e2%80%9cdecent-left%e2%80%9d-and-the-libya-intervention/

Publisher:  CounterPunch
Date Written:  25/11/2011
Year Published:  2011  
Resource Type:  Article

Western elites were perfectly comfortable with Gaddafi’s oppressive rule, including his use of torture. These states only broke with Gaddafi when his hold on power tottered, in response to the Arab Spring, and he ceased to be useful. He was no longer viewed as a reliable protector of Western access to Libya’s oil resources.

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