Western Media Discovers Libyan Warlords Once Again
The New Arab reports Khalifa Haftar is supplying weapons and fuel to Sudan's forces, noting this 'strongman' is exacerbating the conflict. What's missing from much of the mainstream retelling, however, is Haftar's career as a CIA asset, his return to Libya on a U.S. jet in 2011, and the NATO-led intervention that created the power vacuum he now exploits. Washington, Paris, and London destabilized
Libya under the guise of 'humanitarian intervention,' and now we're surprised when regional strongmen opportunistically fill the void? It's almost as if creating failed states tends to have messy side effects, like regional destabilization and increased arms trafficking. One might wonder why international bodies are suddenly concerned about 'fueling conflict' when the initial explosion was
sponsored by Western powers. Perhaps the 'Libya link' is less about Haftar's nefarious plotting and more about the chickens coming home to roost from a decade-old foreign policy disaster.