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207962
Mon, 09/19/2011 - 09:17
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Western predators eyeing Libya
TEHRAN, Sept. 19 (MNA) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy is one of the few presidents of the country in recent decades to enter a reelection campaign without a good chance of victory.
Sarkozy was also one of the main supporters of the NATO military operation in Libya.
However, in recent years he has been repeatedly accused of having close relations with former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.
British Prime Minister David Cameron is also accused of having similar inclinations because he showed sympathy with the hated dictator over the controversial release of Lockerbie bombing suspect Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, who was freed and returned to Libya in August 2009.
During Gaddafi’s last visit to France, Sarkozy was harshly criticized for allowing Gaddafi to set up his special tent on the prestigious Champs Elysees in Paris.
Therefore, Libya is an interesting issue for both Sarkozy and Cameron.
However, Sarkozy is actually using the issue to deflect criticism of his government over the recent economic and political failures.
Gaddafi is now being hunted by the Libyan freedom fighters, and Sarkozy and Cameron are trying to strike up a new friendship with the Libyan National Transitional Council.
Sarkozy and Cameron recently travelled to Tripoli with that goal in mind and to rehabilitate their sullied images.
This is especially the case for Sarkozy, who needs some good PR ahead of the upcoming French presidential election.
He is the most unpopular president in France since Charles de Gaulle, who was in office from 1959 to 1969, and the French public is growing more and more dissatisfied with his political and economic performance.
No one would be surprised to see Sarkozy try to ride the wave of emotions and feelings of the Libyan people all the way back to the Elysee Palace.
He is pretending to be the champion of the Libyan people, who helped them in their struggle to depose the hated dictator and establish democracy.
The Tripoli trip was also meant to justify NATO’s military intervention in Libya and to give people the impression that the Libyan revolution would not have been successful without the help of the United States and its European allies, even though that is an unfounded argument.
During the trip, Sarkozy and Cameron also tried to lay the groundwork for future economic intervention and the full-scale exploitation of Libya’s premium quality oil.
Struggling with huge economic problems, the Western countries are in urgent need of Libyan oil to boost their devastated economies and job markets.
In other words, a destroyed Libya is undoubtedly of more interest for the Western powers because such a situation would provide a great opportunity to revive their flagging economies.
Thus, Libya has become attractive prey for hungry predators like David Cameron and Nicolas Sarkozy.
Sarkozy was also one of the main supporters of the NATO military operation in Libya.
However, in recent years he has been repeatedly accused of having close relations with former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.
British Prime Minister David Cameron is also accused of having similar inclinations because he showed sympathy with the hated dictator over the controversial release of Lockerbie bombing suspect Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, who was freed and returned to Libya in August 2009.
During Gaddafi’s last visit to France, Sarkozy was harshly criticized for allowing Gaddafi to set up his special tent on the prestigious Champs Elysees in Paris.
Therefore, Libya is an interesting issue for both Sarkozy and Cameron.
However, Sarkozy is actually using the issue to deflect criticism of his government over the recent economic and political failures.
Gaddafi is now being hunted by the Libyan freedom fighters, and Sarkozy and Cameron are trying to strike up a new friendship with the Libyan National Transitional Council.
Sarkozy and Cameron recently travelled to Tripoli with that goal in mind and to rehabilitate their sullied images.
This is especially the case for Sarkozy, who needs some good PR ahead of the upcoming French presidential election.
He is the most unpopular president in France since Charles de Gaulle, who was in office from 1959 to 1969, and the French public is growing more and more dissatisfied with his political and economic performance.
No one would be surprised to see Sarkozy try to ride the wave of emotions and feelings of the Libyan people all the way back to the Elysee Palace.
He is pretending to be the champion of the Libyan people, who helped them in their struggle to depose the hated dictator and establish democracy.
The Tripoli trip was also meant to justify NATO’s military intervention in Libya and to give people the impression that the Libyan revolution would not have been successful without the help of the United States and its European allies, even though that is an unfounded argument.
During the trip, Sarkozy and Cameron also tried to lay the groundwork for future economic intervention and the full-scale exploitation of Libya’s premium quality oil.
Struggling with huge economic problems, the Western countries are in urgent need of Libyan oil to boost their devastated economies and job markets.
In other words, a destroyed Libya is undoubtedly of more interest for the Western powers because such a situation would provide a great opportunity to revive their flagging economies.
Thus, Libya has become attractive prey for hungry predators like David Cameron and Nicolas Sarkozy.
