The Real Reason the U.S. Wanted Gaddafi Gone
Submitted on September 18, 2011
By MURRAY DOBBIN - Counterpunch Weekend Edition
...[L]et’s be clear what we have accomplished. We got rid of one moderately nasty dictator. But we have eliminated a government which distributed its oil wealth more equally than any other Arab state, will impose on Libya a new market imperative, likely eliminating most social programs and making Libya less equal, may well end up with a government based on Islamic law...and have destroyed Africa’s best hope for independent development.
