Edited by Jennifer Pietropaoli
Western Confusion in Libya
The Western countries that make up NATO claimed that, along with the participation of the Libyan people, the overthrow of Gadhafi demonstrates NATO can have an important role in the Libya’s future.
Of course, the West looks at Libya like it looked at Iraq, with an eye to the exploitation of oil resources located in the country. Although the West claims otherwise, many activities were performed to achieve this goal, and its resume shows facts and motives that support a theory of exploitation.
To achieve their goals, Western countries face Libya’s internal strife with two major challenges.
First, documents discovered in the headquarters of Gadhafi’s intelligence department remove the curtain of deception and expose the close cooperation between Gadhafi and the West. This causes both anger and disgust. This outrage was so intense that news sources announced Libya’s people had captured the U.S. Embassy.
Secondly, the transitional government wants to avoid the influence of East or West, and instead emphasizes the formation of a constitution based on Islamic principles. In this framework, the Libyan people used the slogan“Allah Akbar” and entered the capital of Tripoli chanting another slogan: “No longer East and West” to signal the Islamic nature of the rule in this country.
Meanwhile, in a remarkable act by the head of the transitional council in Libya, it was announced that Libya’s constitution would be based on Islam. This main ideological framework has also been implemented in Egypt and Tunisia. The West has always tried to cover up any important influence of Islam and pretends that the revolution in Libya, and in countries like Egypt and Tunisia, has been strictly based on economic and political interests. But the recent movement in Libya has shown that an Islamic awakening has been formed in this country and people are not willing to accept a “Western democracy.”
With these conditions apparent, it can be said that Libya, under the banner of NATO, is faced with many challenges that can be observed in the popular movements opposing foreign intervention and in the urge to establish a constitution based on Islamic principles. The Libyan people have shown that they will stand against Western domination and accept the rule of Islamic beliefs. Perhaps the West could easily enter Afghanistan under the pretense of “fighting terrorism,” but now their experiences in Afghanistan and Iraq make this excuse useless in Libya. The Libyan people are using the experiences of Afghanistan and Iraq to oppose the West from the beginning and make it clear that their country is not going to be occupied or go through an expensive domination, even if the West’s security atmosphere and crisis seek to influence the country.
Of course, the West looks at Libya like it looked at Iraq, with an eye to the exploitation of oil resources located in the country. Although the West claims otherwise, many activities were performed to achieve this goal, and its resume shows facts and motives that support a theory of exploitation.
To achieve their goals, Western countries face Libya’s internal strife with two major challenges.
First, documents discovered in the headquarters of Gadhafi’s intelligence department remove the curtain of deception and expose the close cooperation between Gadhafi and the West. This causes both anger and disgust. This outrage was so intense that news sources announced Libya’s people had captured the U.S. Embassy.
Secondly, the transitional government wants to avoid the influence of East or West, and instead emphasizes the formation of a constitution based on Islamic principles. In this framework, the Libyan people used the slogan“Allah Akbar” and entered the capital of Tripoli chanting another slogan: “No longer East and West” to signal the Islamic nature of the rule in this country.
Meanwhile, in a remarkable act by the head of the transitional council in Libya, it was announced that Libya’s constitution would be based on Islam. This main ideological framework has also been implemented in Egypt and Tunisia. The West has always tried to cover up any important influence of Islam and pretends that the revolution in Libya, and in countries like Egypt and Tunisia, has been strictly based on economic and political interests. But the recent movement in Libya has shown that an Islamic awakening has been formed in this country and people are not willing to accept a “Western democracy.”
With these conditions apparent, it can be said that Libya, under the banner of NATO, is faced with many challenges that can be observed in the popular movements opposing foreign intervention and in the urge to establish a constitution based on Islamic principles. The Libyan people have shown that they will stand against Western domination and accept the rule of Islamic beliefs. Perhaps the West could easily enter Afghanistan under the pretense of “fighting terrorism,” but now their experiences in Afghanistan and Iraq make this excuse useless in Libya. The Libyan people are using the experiences of Afghanistan and Iraq to oppose the West from the beginning and make it clear that their country is not going to be occupied or go through an expensive domination, even if the West’s security atmosphere and crisis seek to influence the country.