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The failure of rebels to establish peace is caused not only by their inability to achieve military victory without aerial support from humanitarian imperialism, but also by the nihilistic character of the globally dominant ideology. What caused these failures? Both rebels and their foreign supporters failed to think through what they would do with power when it was won. They had long demonised Saddam, Gaddafi and Assad as the cause of all their countries problems. They believed all would be well once these rulers had gone. Believing much the same thing, the foreign media was perplexed as to why the problems of Iraq and Libya did not evaporate after the removal of old leaders. Nationalism and socialism – or at least state control of the most important enterprises – were the political and social cement of states like Iraq, Syria and Libya under their old leaders. Corruption and privatisations to the benefit of ruling families had dissolved these bonds, but triumphant opposition movements had nothing to put in their place aside from sectarian or tribal solidarity. Libya may be failing to create a state demonstrably preferable to the old, but the same is sadly true of all opposition movements in the region. independent.co.uk/voices/comment/toppling-a-bad-regime-liberates-a-country--but-lets-not-go-there-8906269.html
Posted on: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 05:32:54 +0000

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