Libya’s Fall and the Day the West Stopped Asking What Comes Next

By David Manney 

How Gaddafi Rose, Ruled, and Turned

In 1969, Muammar Gaddafi seized power using a successful coup against King Idris, while promising to modernize Libya.

He styled himself as a revolutionary savior with a manic desire to shape global politics by blending Arab nationalism and Islamic socialism.

Black gold made it possible. Using oil wealth to build free education, housing programs, and public works, Gaddafi also built one of the most repressive security states in the Arab world.

Gaddafi’s Libya was one of the sources of funds for terror groups from the IRA to the Abu Nidal Organization for decades. After Libya’s involvement in the Berlin disco bombing in 1986, the U.S. bombed Tripoli and Benghazi, killing one of Gaddafi’s daughters and deepening his hatred toward Washington…

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