Why do you want to fight Libya?

Why Libya was hit is mainly the cause of the unrest in the country. It is generally believed that it is mainly due to the autocratic rule of President Gaddafi and the recent wave of protests sweeping the Middle East. But in fact, the division that the country is falling into is still deeply rooted. Libya was once a colony of Italy. During the Italian colonial rule, Libya was composed of three autonomous states. The eastern region and Benghazi are basically autonomous. According to The Wall Street Journal, after Gaddafi came to power in the military coup of 1969, he achieved national reunification by force. He also moved the capital to Tripoli and shifted Libya's political focus to the west. Its regime has largely ignored the east, although most of Libya's oil wealth is there. According to the report, Gaddafi used tribal disputes to maintain his rule to a certain extent and promoted his tribe to key security positions and decision-making positions. He also successfully suppressed the growth of other political power centers by reorganizing the whole government regularly, making potential political opponents lose their support base or prestige. As a symbol of his Islamic revolutionary ideology, he also nationalized all private enterprises in the 1980s. Reuters commented that Gaddafi's 40-year leadership over Libya has not made this country a people's country. On the contrary, Libya is one of the countries with the most serious corruption problems in the world. As a country that produces 2% of the world's crude oil, the oil wealth created by Libya has not benefited its 6 million people. According to Libyan insiders, Gaddafi's own tribe controlled some armed forces, and it took them several years to destroy the base of his rival Warfalla. Valfara was once considered as the largest tribal alliance in the country, but this is a thing of the past. Now, when Libya's political loyalty is severely tested, many tribes left out or oppressed by Gaddafi are against him. Several tribal leaders in Valfara have appeared a few days ago, calling on the people to overthrow Gaddafi. The "Al-Zawiya" tribe from eastern Libya also joined the demonstrators over the weekend, and a leader once threatened to cut off vital oil supplies if Gaddafi remained in power. In fact, the possibility of persistent conflict and civil war has sounded the alarm for the global oil market, and the international oil price has jumped to the highest level in more than two years. According to foreign analysis, the turmoil in Libya will affect the economy of the whole Mediterranean region, and Italy, as its former colonial ruler, will bear the brunt. At present, Libyan Interior Minister Abdi and Justice Minister Ali have announced their resignations from the government led by Gaddafi. Abdi called on the army to support the opposition and fulfill its "legal obligations as citizens". In addition, at least seven Libyan ambassadors resigned to protest the killings at home, and some senior diplomats called on Gaddafi to step down.