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Italy had no interest to destabilize Libya, in fact it had a good relationship with Gaddafi. It intervened only after US and France started, as a sort of damage
by mrighele 7y ago
Italy had no interest to destabilize Libya, in fact it had a good relationship with Gaddafi.
It intervened only after US and France started, as a sort of damage control, since France was set to replace the Italian-friendly government with a France-friendly one.
(I will add that US, France and Egypt are _still_ making a mess in Libya by providing weapons to the opposition to the UN-recognized government).
In any case, I don't think it would change too much, since most of the migrants are not Libyans running away from the civil war.
- baud147258 7y agoRegarding France, I though our gov publicly supported the UN-recognized government, with the French equivalent of 'thoughts and prayers' and not much more. But from reading the news, it seems it's a little more complicated.