[americandream]

The international conference on Libya on Thursday in Paris, at which the assembled great powers openly haggled over the division of the country’s oil fields and billions in frozen assets, revealed the real war aims: oil, money, influence and the re-division of the entire Middle East.

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2011/sep20 ... -s03.shtml

[eastbay]

And well-intentioned rebels died so their nations' wealth could be sent overseas.

[americandream]

And well-intentioned rebels died so their nations' wealth could be sent overseas.

Well-intentioned but driven by the need to be a part of the liberal project for a Mediterranean Union of nations in Mediterranean Europe and Africa, (proposed by Sarkozy). The lure of bourgeoise liberalism is like a light to a moth.

[eastbay]

Excellent analogy, AD!! They can see their pals get fizzled, yet they are nevertheless strangely compelled to move to the hot, deadly light.