[lbo-talk] Fidel on Libya

[Hein Marais]

> Come now, this is nonsense. Western oil corps. have been happily and  
> profitably doing business with Gaddafi these past years -- that's  
> what the "rehabilitation" of the man was all about. BP and Total  
> were among the biggest beneficiaries, not to mention Western arms  
> manufacturers and merchants, with the UK and France at the front of  
> the queue, Italy not far behind. As for "meddling" by foreign  
> powers, there's little sign of that in favour of uprising at the  
> moment.

Hein
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> FWIW. In fairness, note that Fidel is not supporting Gaddafi
> personally. "One can agree with Gaddafi or not" -- he wrote. He
> endorses Nicolás Maduro's point that it is up to "the Libyan people"
> to settle their domestic conflicts without the meddling of foreign
> powers. But since Libya has oil, NATO is stalking the chance to grab
> it. That is Fidel's concern here. And he has a point.
>
> http://www.cuba.cu/gobierno/reflexiones/2011/ing/f210211i.html
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