revelarts
09-20-2011, 12:54 PM
Or at least open for biz, to the winner belongs the spoils and all that, liberation stuff.
Well Obma's lil illegal coup was successful, MG is Gone and puppet regime to include former US troop killing Alquida will be put in place and Euro states and oil corps will get it's oil at low low prices and the Libyans are safe from the evil of the gold standard, there own banking system, being IMF debt free etc. ( I would say political killings but SYria is doing that and it OK, so it must not have been the REAL reason MG was a target.)
Smell the freedom baby. God help America.
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/MH30Ak01.html
http://www.blacklistednews.com/Carving_Up_The_Libya_Corpse_For_Profit/15553/0/38/38/Y/M.html
...Destruction litters the landscape everywhere. Ongoing NATO bombing creates more of it, plus unknown tens of thousands dead and injured. Death squad rebel killers up the body count daily, murdering anyone thought to be pro-Gaddafi.
Moreover, to crush resistance, NATO shut off electricity and water in large parts of the country. It also blocked other essential services, including enough food and medical care.
As a result, unspeakable crimes of war and against humanity were committed. They continue unabated. Libya is one of history's great crimes, and for Libyans, the worst is yet to come.
Energy is the country's biggest prize. A previous article said scrambling for it began last April when Italy's Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said energy giant ENI CEO Paolo Scaroni had talks with Transitional National Council (TNC) officials "to restart cooperation in the energy sector and get going again the collaboration with Italy in the oil sector."
In June, the Washington Post said ConocoPhillips, other US oil giants, and related companies also held talks with TNC officials.
Though accounting for only 2% of world production, Libya is Africa's most oil rich state. Moreover, its high quality is especially valued, and reports suggest vast reserves yet to be discovered.
Besides ENI and ConocoPhillips, other companies wanting back in include Britain's BP, France's Total, Spain's Repsol YPF, Austria's OMV, America's Hess, Marathon, perhaps ExxonMobil, and others. Russia, Brazil and China will be largely or entirely excluded.
On September 1, New York Times writer Steven Erlanger headlined, "Libya's Supporters Gather in Paris to Help Ease New Government's Transition," saying:
Around 60 nations met to help "restore stability and a functioning economy to a country ravaged by rebellion and 42 years of dictatorship."
Like other Times' articles, op-eds and editorials, managed news and opinions substitute for full disclosure truth, especially on issues of war and peace, as well as corporate empowerment.
Instead of discussing the Paris predators ball, Erlanger said convening it is "another important sign of the legitimacy of the Transitional National Council...."
Western powers, in fact, chose it to be Libya's puppet government, beholden to capital at the expense of millions of Libyans entirely left out.
Fact check
Carving up the Libya corpse began. Gaddafi's 1999 Decision No. 111 is gone. Under it, Libyans got free top flight healthcare, education, training, rehabilitation, housing assistance, disability and old age benefits, interest-free state loans, subsidies to study abroad and for couples when they married, free water, electricity, and practically free gasoline.
They also got free use of land for agriculture to create self-sufficiency in food production. Moreover, all basic food items were subsidized and sold through a network of "people's shops."
Moreover, women had equal status with men, including for education, employment, and their right to own and sell property independently of their husbands.
On January 4, 2011, the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) "Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review: Libya Arab Jamahiriya" said Gaddafi's government protected "not only political rights, but also economic, educational, social and cultural rights."
It also praised his treatment of religious minorities, and human rights training of its security forces. After Washington and NATO intervened, publication of the report was postponed. It's now gathering dust, never to be formally released.
It covered Africa's most developed country. It's now the least, and discussions in Paris won't include restoring what NATO destroyed.
Instead, so-called "friends" convened to divvy up Libya's assets, starting, of course, with energy, but also its Great Man-Made River (GMMR). It's an ocean-sized aquifer perhaps more valuable than oil because it's replaceable. Fresh water, of course, can't be replaced except at great cost.
A Final Comment
Representing America in Paris, Hillary Clinton, an unindicted war criminal, said:
Our partners must "stay focused on the ultimate objective of helping the Libyan people chart their way to a better future....All of us are inspired by what is happening in Libya."
Gideon Polya maintains the Body Count web site, and in 2007 published a book titled, "Body Count. Global avoidable mortality since 1950."
In September 2010, he highlighted eight million post-9/11 War on Terror deaths, mainly in Iraq and Afghanistan. A year later, add many more, and expect them to rise in each country NATO occupies and/or attacks, including Libya.
Nonetheless, Clinton is "inspired" by her handiwork, adding that "the international community must maintain the same sense of resolve and shared responsibility" going forward.
In a country of six million people, perhaps continued "resolve and shared responsibility" will leave too few left to notice, including Clinton interested only in sharing the spoils of war.
Why else are they fought instead of saving future "generations from the scourge of war" as the UN Charter "determined."
Clinton perhaps never read it. For sure, she, Obama, and Paris predators have no interest in "practic(ing) tolerance and liv(ing) together in peace with one another as good neighbors" when doing so sacrifices profits.
In fact, love doesn't make the world go round, just the spoils of war for victors to carve up. Libya is their latest victim.
Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago and can be reached at lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net
Well Obma's lil illegal coup was successful, MG is Gone and puppet regime to include former US troop killing Alquida will be put in place and Euro states and oil corps will get it's oil at low low prices and the Libyans are safe from the evil of the gold standard, there own banking system, being IMF debt free etc. ( I would say political killings but SYria is doing that and it OK, so it must not have been the REAL reason MG was a target.)
Smell the freedom baby. God help America.
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/MH30Ak01.html
http://www.blacklistednews.com/Carving_Up_The_Libya_Corpse_For_Profit/15553/0/38/38/Y/M.html
...Destruction litters the landscape everywhere. Ongoing NATO bombing creates more of it, plus unknown tens of thousands dead and injured. Death squad rebel killers up the body count daily, murdering anyone thought to be pro-Gaddafi.
Moreover, to crush resistance, NATO shut off electricity and water in large parts of the country. It also blocked other essential services, including enough food and medical care.
As a result, unspeakable crimes of war and against humanity were committed. They continue unabated. Libya is one of history's great crimes, and for Libyans, the worst is yet to come.
Energy is the country's biggest prize. A previous article said scrambling for it began last April when Italy's Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said energy giant ENI CEO Paolo Scaroni had talks with Transitional National Council (TNC) officials "to restart cooperation in the energy sector and get going again the collaboration with Italy in the oil sector."
In June, the Washington Post said ConocoPhillips, other US oil giants, and related companies also held talks with TNC officials.
Though accounting for only 2% of world production, Libya is Africa's most oil rich state. Moreover, its high quality is especially valued, and reports suggest vast reserves yet to be discovered.
Besides ENI and ConocoPhillips, other companies wanting back in include Britain's BP, France's Total, Spain's Repsol YPF, Austria's OMV, America's Hess, Marathon, perhaps ExxonMobil, and others. Russia, Brazil and China will be largely or entirely excluded.
On September 1, New York Times writer Steven Erlanger headlined, "Libya's Supporters Gather in Paris to Help Ease New Government's Transition," saying:
Around 60 nations met to help "restore stability and a functioning economy to a country ravaged by rebellion and 42 years of dictatorship."
Like other Times' articles, op-eds and editorials, managed news and opinions substitute for full disclosure truth, especially on issues of war and peace, as well as corporate empowerment.
Instead of discussing the Paris predators ball, Erlanger said convening it is "another important sign of the legitimacy of the Transitional National Council...."
Western powers, in fact, chose it to be Libya's puppet government, beholden to capital at the expense of millions of Libyans entirely left out.
Fact check
Carving up the Libya corpse began. Gaddafi's 1999 Decision No. 111 is gone. Under it, Libyans got free top flight healthcare, education, training, rehabilitation, housing assistance, disability and old age benefits, interest-free state loans, subsidies to study abroad and for couples when they married, free water, electricity, and practically free gasoline.
They also got free use of land for agriculture to create self-sufficiency in food production. Moreover, all basic food items were subsidized and sold through a network of "people's shops."
Moreover, women had equal status with men, including for education, employment, and their right to own and sell property independently of their husbands.
On January 4, 2011, the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) "Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review: Libya Arab Jamahiriya" said Gaddafi's government protected "not only political rights, but also economic, educational, social and cultural rights."
It also praised his treatment of religious minorities, and human rights training of its security forces. After Washington and NATO intervened, publication of the report was postponed. It's now gathering dust, never to be formally released.
It covered Africa's most developed country. It's now the least, and discussions in Paris won't include restoring what NATO destroyed.
Instead, so-called "friends" convened to divvy up Libya's assets, starting, of course, with energy, but also its Great Man-Made River (GMMR). It's an ocean-sized aquifer perhaps more valuable than oil because it's replaceable. Fresh water, of course, can't be replaced except at great cost.
A Final Comment
Representing America in Paris, Hillary Clinton, an unindicted war criminal, said:
Our partners must "stay focused on the ultimate objective of helping the Libyan people chart their way to a better future....All of us are inspired by what is happening in Libya."
Gideon Polya maintains the Body Count web site, and in 2007 published a book titled, "Body Count. Global avoidable mortality since 1950."
In September 2010, he highlighted eight million post-9/11 War on Terror deaths, mainly in Iraq and Afghanistan. A year later, add many more, and expect them to rise in each country NATO occupies and/or attacks, including Libya.
Nonetheless, Clinton is "inspired" by her handiwork, adding that "the international community must maintain the same sense of resolve and shared responsibility" going forward.
In a country of six million people, perhaps continued "resolve and shared responsibility" will leave too few left to notice, including Clinton interested only in sharing the spoils of war.
Why else are they fought instead of saving future "generations from the scourge of war" as the UN Charter "determined."
Clinton perhaps never read it. For sure, she, Obama, and Paris predators have no interest in "practic(ing) tolerance and liv(ing) together in peace with one another as good neighbors" when doing so sacrifices profits.
In fact, love doesn't make the world go round, just the spoils of war for victors to carve up. Libya is their latest victim.
Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago and can be reached at lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net