The Paradise of Libya .... a creation of the NATO bullies

After the disasters of Iraq and Libya .... and probably even Afghanistan,  these same NATO bullies wanted to venture anew in Syria ... and maybe are still conspiring to do so.  Imagine that!!!

Tracey Shelton writing at GlobalPost:
 After Gaddafi: Two years on, Libyans don't have much to celebrate. In coffee shops, in their homes and on the streets, Libyans bemoan the struggles for power and money that have prevented their country from developing into a secure and functioning state since rebels declared victory on Oct. 23, 2011.

Two years after the capture and death of dictator Muammar Gaddafi, a new saying has emerged in Libya: “Before we only had one Gaddafi, but now we have hundreds.”
As GlobalPost chatted to locals in the streets of Tripoli, all complained of the current situation, but none openly showed any love of their former ruler.


“I’m glad we got rid of Gaddafi of course, but it’s tough now,” said banker Taher Giuma. “Libya is ruled by militias who enforce their agenda on the government, but I hope it will improve in time.”
Others drew comparisons between the old regime and the new.

“There was a lot of talk during the revolution of change, but the new government do not do anything different,” said Radwan Smeda as he sat in Martyrs’ Square. “Before you couldn't say anything bad about Gaddafi. Now you can’t accuse the rebels no matter what they do. It’s the same old system. Only the faces have changed.”

While in public few admit any nostalgia for the old system, in private many speak longingly of the time before the revolution.

“I would say the majority of Libyans used to like Gaddafi, and they still like Gaddafi especially now they see the chaos,” said Majid Fituri, a 49-year-old former rebel fighter from Misrata. “But none of them can say this in public. In Gaddafi’s time we were all afraid of the regime, but now we have multiple powerful groups in Libya. Now you don’t know who could arrest you, detain you, beat you or even kill you without shame. And everything is justified by simply saying, ‘He loved Gaddafi.’”........

........Individuals, families and in many cases whole communities has been labeled ‘tahalib,’ meaning slime, the street term for anyone who sympathizes with the old order. Armed groups often justify brutal attacks, theft and even murder with accusations of Gaddafi ties.

“Now it’s like the wild west. Everyone has a gun and a gang. This affects every aspect of the country,” said Fituri, the former rebel. But while others were “fed up with the chaos,” he said, he has not yet lost hope..........