[ Anyone not see this coming ? ]
Amid continuing NATO bombing,
the Libya contact group of the US and its allies met yesterday in Abu Dhabi to thrash out plans
for a client regime to replace Colonel Muammar Gaddafi.
For all the Western propaganda about establishing democracy in Libya,
there are clearly fears that the country will descend into chaos if Gaddafi is finally forced from power.
[ Chaotic countries are more easy to influence and control from the outside
… if you wanted to do that sort of thing ]
The
self-appointed
Transition National Council (TNC)
comprising ex-Gaddafi ministers,
Islamist leaders
and various exile figures is heavily dependent on
foreign assistance
commands limited popular support …