"The allegation ... that the United Nations-authorized intervention in Libya was driven by Western oil companies is a non-starter. ... Nothing could be further from the truth. Bloomberg details the big lobbying push by American oil companies on behalf of Qaddafi, to exempt him from civil claims in the US. The United States in any case did not spearhead the UN intervention. President Obama and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, along with the Pentagon brass, considered the outbreak of the Libya war very unfortunate and clearly were only dragged into it kicking and screaming by Saudi Arabia, France and Britain. The Western country with the biggest oil stake in Libya, Italy, was very reluctant to join the war. Silvio Berlusconi says that he almost resigned when the war broke out, given his close relationship to Qaddafi. As for the UK, Tony Blair brought the BP CEO to Tripoli in 2007, and BP had struck deals for Libya oil worth billions, which this war can only delay. Not only is there no reason to think that petroleum companies urged war, the whole argument about UN and NATO motivations is irrelevant and sordid. ..."

Sagen wir's mal so: Die üblichen Verdächtigen - die NATO, die USA, die Ölfirmen, der Kapitalismus, der 'Wirtschaftsimperialismus' - die wurden in diesem Fall zum Jagen getragen.

guter Artikel !

ich erlaube mir mal auf den Originalartikel

www.juancole.com/2011/06/libya-not-a-war-for-oil.html

und ueberhaupt auf die sehr gute website ueber den
Mittleren Osten "Informed Comment"

www.juancole.com

hinzuweisen !