Arab Spring

Recently over the summer I've had to write a few papers on the Arab Spring, specifically regarding the unrest in the country of Yemen as well as the NATO mission in Libya. Across my research I stumbled across a very important and malicious ulterior motive of the NATO mission. First of all, since when did the United Nations work so proactively to oust tyrants and dictators from their own country simply for the reason of saving its oppressed citizens? Never. When Bush Junior invaded Iraq the ulterior motive was to help out Bush Junior's daddy's friends: aka the oil barons of America. This time, as you can see, the French were the first to jump the gun on attacking Libya. Oh no, the Great Gaddafi the Terrible is committing human rights violations! Well, too bad. First of all, it's interesting to note that Gaddafi's been in power for 40 years and his country's remained extremely stable for those 40 years. Why, you may ask? First of all, the current Libyan government was established following a military coup d'etat removing the king, also known as a dynastic autocratic ruler no better than Gaddafi himself, and had established a more modern government. With a country like Libya sitting in the unstable continent of Africa, pillaged by the Europeans plenty as well as plagued by the ethnic discord there, it's obvious that a transition of power would cause great turmoil. Gaddafi decided to stay in power probably for the benefit of his country. Ignore Western propaganda in this case please, as obviously they'll try to label Gaddafi as a nepotic bad guy who kills innocents. Another contributing factor that lead to his long reign was that he had brought FRESH WATER to all of his countrymen under a project that was TOTALLY SELF-SUSTAINED by the Libyan government. This meant that there was no need to hire foreign contractors that escaped with a much grander end of the bargain, this meant that Libya would create the most important piece of infrastructure it has (or had, if you time in the French bombings) to the Libyan people. Libya sits on the edge of the Sahara, with fresh water being extremely scarce (which is typical if you live in the desert too) but Gaddafi had undertaken a magnificent project that siphoned from the Nubian Sandstone, the largest aquifer system/ fossil water reserve IN THE WORLD. Ever since Libya took on this grand project back in 1984, (the project is known as the Great Manmade River) small steps have been made to expand the wealth of this water reserve and slowly had trickled across the country. Tap water was now available to the Libyan citizens. And now that we've got that out of the way, let's bring our attention back to why NATO chose to attack this country instead of the dozens of other countries suffering from "unjust rulers" and the such. Remember how the French were the first to strike Libya? An air strike, perhaps? Well, to add this into the equation France is the largest exporter of fresh water in the world. What does that say about NATO and its oh so just mission? They're phonies. That's what.