Who Will Run The New Libya?

With Gaddafi Gone, Who Will Run The New Libya? -- The Telegraph

In their fight to topple Gaddafi, Libya’s rebels were united in a common cause, but with his death the revolution enters a defining stage.

We could see children playing in the streets as William Hague’s heavily protected six-vehicle convoy hurtled through central Tripoli for a meeting with Mustafa Jalil, chairman of Libya’s National Transitional Council. But the air of normality on show in Tripoli earlier this week was at least partly deceptive. For the past month, Libya has been in limbo. None of the really big issues could be resolved until Sirte fell, and Gaddafi was killed or captured.

Now, at last, “national liberation” can be declared, and a transitional government formed. But many have been dreading this moment, because they see it as the moment of truth. Consider this: all recent Western interventions, from Afghanistan to Iraq, started suspiciously well. Regime change was the easy bit. Only afterwards did trouble start – and this may yet prove to be the case in Libya.

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My Comment: Libya is made up of numerous tribes .... with many of them having no allegiance to each other. How this assembly of different peoples can work together without going to war with each other is going to be a sight to see. I wish them well .... but if recent history in the Middle East and Africa is any guide .... when one strongman is taken out, another one is always there to take his place.

Update: Con Coughlin at The Telegraph agrees with my analysis.