– Pepe Escobar: ‘Libya is Iraq 2.0’ (RT, 23 August, 2011):
As matters escalate in Libya as rebels comes the closest yet to bringing down the regime of Colonel Gaddafi, what fate does that nation — and the rest of the world — face in the days to come?
Asia Times correspondent Pepe Escobar says that what the US and NATO perceive as a collective victory in the making will just be the next step in expanding their agenda into Libya. He says that “the master plan is to isolate,” and while the United State might call it humanitarian interventionism, he reminds us that that’s what the American ruling elites “rebranded” Bush’s agenda in the Middle East during his administrations.
“People have such short memory,” says Escobar. “This reminds me of . . . the coalition provisional authority in Iraq in 2003. This is the same thing.”
“We’re going to have western boots on the ground and we’re going to open up Libya for hardcore, no holds barred, terrible capitalism,” adds Escobar. “This is completely crazy.”
According to Escobar, the next step is to get American hands on Libyan oil, and, in his words, “if this is the way that US and NATO goes, we’re going to have Iraq 2.0.”
And with Americans in control in place of Gaddafi, Escobar next suggests that Syria will be only next in the stepping stone for American domination.
In the meantime, however, most of America will be in the dark as the mainstream media fails to report on the actual events overseas. Escobar says that forces began “killing everyone in sight and hitting everything in sight” over the weekends, but that the journalists with the mainstream media are held up in hotel rooms safe from harm.
According to Escobar, all the mainstream media is doing is perpetuating the “cover story” that they’ve created for Americans to eat up. From there, he says, they’ll eat whatever they’re fed.
See also:
– US And South Africa Strike A Deal To Unlock (To Steal) $1.5 Billion Of Libyan Assets
– Gaddafi On TV As Rebels Claim He’s Trapped (Video)
– Leak Of A 70 Page Criminal NATO Plan To Occupy Libya (Global Research)
– Saif Gaddafi’s Web Of Connections To The Elitists (Rothschilds)
– The Battle Is Almost Over: Destroying Libya To Steal 144 Tons Of Gold
– NATO Slaughter in Tripoli: Operation Siren Signals Assault By Rebels’ Al-Qaeda Death Squads
The unconstitutional, illegal war against Libya is not about protecting civilians …
– Libya Update On The Retaking Of Misrata By Leonor
– Libya: NATO Strike Kills Dozens Of Civilians (Reuters)
– NATO Massacre Of Residents Of Zliten, Libya (Video, Aug. 9, 2011)
– Libyans Under The NATO Onslaught (Aug 9, 2011)
– NATO Bombs Libyan Hospital And Food Warehouses (‘In This Whole Area There Is No Military’)
– Libya War Lies Worse Than Iraq: ‘The Reasons For The Libyan War Have No Merit In Any Form’
– Libya War Crimes, Genocide – Lies Even Worse Than Iraq (Video)
– US Admiral Admits NATO Trying To Kill Gaddafi
… it is about money, power and control. Libyans support Gaddafi:
– Tripoli on the Cusp By Dr. Franklin Lamb
– Libya Update On The Retaking Of Misrata By Leonor
– Libya: NATO Strike Kills Dozens Of Civilians (Reuters)
– International Lawyer Franklin Lamb In Tripoli – Libyans Ask ‘Why Now?’
– Rep. Ron Paul on CNN: Libyan War Is ‘About Commercial Business!’ (And Totally Unconstitutional!)
– Illuminati Banksters Raping And Pillaging Libya – Goldman Sachs And Muammar Gaddafi
– Libyan Majority In Support Of Gaddafi: One Million Pro-Gaddafi Demo in Tripoli
The US is not playing a limited role as liar in chief Obama said:
– US Air Force Global Strike Command Hits 150 Targets In Libya Using Strategic Bombers