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Unity Government and Libya

: The dystopian situation in Libya is so persistent that when we hear news of yet another slaughter, or the fragility of the new unity government, or ISIS taking over large swaths of the country, we just file it under "old news" and wait for the next story, according to Rabble. We shouldn't. Chip in to keep stories like these coming. While accountability of politicians is also an old news story, this one is particularly disturbing in its history and its consequences for the Libyan people, who before the "humanitarian" mission enjoyed the highest standard of living in Africa. The Libyan story should provide foreign policy lessons for the West and for Canada, but without some kind of mea culpa and recognition of this catastrophic error, no one has to learn anything. That UN mission toppled the regime of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, leaving a power vacuum that was filled by many competing armed factions and two separate groupings claiming to be the legitimate government. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.