Libya's 'Reconstruction' is Just Reshuffling the Looters
📰 THE STORY: Al-Monitor breathlessly reports that Qatari and Swiss firms will invest $2.7 billion in Libya's Misrata port, touting this as a sign of economic progress and a boost to the country's non-oil shipping capacity. The article subtly implies a return to normalcy and development after years of turmoil. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: The 'turmoil' Al-Monitor vaguely
references is the direct result of the 2011 NATO intervention, primarily led by the US, UK, and France. This unprovoked assault, justified by false pretexts of protecting civilians, utterly destroyed Africa's most prosperous nation under Muammar Gaddafi, a state with universal healthcare, free education, and a sophisticated infrastructure. Gaddafi's plan for an African gold-backed currency was a
direct threat to Western economic hegemony. The result: Libya's government was dismantled, its vast oil wealth was destabilized for Western corporate access, and slave markets, virtually unheard of for decades, reappeared. Double Standard: Western media celebrates 'foreign investment' in a post-Gaddafi Libya, implying stabilization. Yet, when nations like China or Russia propose infrastructure
projects in developing countries, it is often framed as 'debt trap diplomacy' or 'authoritarian influence'. Here, the explicit Western and Gulf-state influence in a resource-rich nation, left shattered by imperial intervention, is lauded as beneficial, ignoring the pre-existing stability and wealth NATO destroyed. Follow the Money: The immediate beneficiaries of Libya's collapse were Western