Reconstructing Libya

Libya has gone from an almost hopeless situation to one with a much brighter future.  Under Gaddafi, most were hoping that his son Saif would introduce reforms and therefore improve the lives of Libyans.  This was of course a misguided attempt to mask the truth that Gaddafi was trying to reintroduce a monarchy. 

Thank God that wannabe King Gaddafi is dead and his princes are either dead, captured, or in hiding.  Now the really hard part has begun, creating a new nation of Libya out of the mess of 40+ years of mismanagement, corruption, ineptitude, and insanity.  The new government must pacify the country and should begin by training and arming a semi-professional and scarily armed force that can impose order out of the chaos of revolution.

I'm sure some well armed and disciplined troops with tanks and helicopter gunship support can show even the most suicidal hashish smoking boozed up malcontent the error of his ways.  The new government shouldn't even try to get all the small arms out of the people's hands.  Just tell them to keep the rifles and pistols at home but force the guys with grenades, rocket propelled grenades, and truck mounted heavy weapons to turn that stuff in to the federal government.  We don't need or want gangs of armed men strolling, driving, or manning ramshackle checkpoints. 

I intend to return to Libya as soon as it is stable enough to go.  I have been waiting for so many years for Gaddafi to either retire or die and now that Libya is free, I am pleased to see my people begin to change their lives.  However, the new government so far has not impressed me.  They are so far as amateurish as the revolutionary armies that got rid of Gaddafi.  I still don't know where the money is going that Libya is getting from either frozen funds or the oil and gas pumped daily. 

I found a nice article on Reuters about a revolutionary who wants to move on and get back to work in the family construction business.  This is what Libya needs, people who are rational and want to get to work repairing and building the new Libya.  We need more people like this.

My final questions today are related to the NTC.  Why doesn't the NTC televise their meetings?  Why are they not revealing all the names of the members?  Why is at least some of the recently appointed cabinet still hiding in anonymity?  Are they afraid of something?  Are there still some Gaddafi hit squads wandering the country?  Is that the reason?

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/16/us-libya-future-khalq-idUSTRE7BF0MS20111216