Not that great, apparently.
Here's the view of a couple of academic types writing in Britain's The Telegraph. Elections scheduled for this June absolutely positively must be delayed. The Libyan people simply aren't ready for the burden of free elections.
Our academic friends do make a couple of interesting observations, though. Libya has a sovereign wealth fund of over $65 billion.
There's a shocker! You mean Gadaffi didn't steal all the money?
Here's another shocker; according to these writers, Libyans have "the highest literacy rate in Africa and a well-defined role for women in leadership roles."
Who knew? What a stunning accomplishment for the NTC to achieve the highest literacy rates in Africa in a mere one year after deposing the evil dictator! And leadership roles for women? Bravo NTC!
Oh, wait a minute... oh I see, these were accomplishments achieved by the evil Gadaffi.... well nevermind then.
And here's a letter to the Guardian by a couple of wankers in the Brit parliament. They're pretty keen on having the World Bank and the IMF manage that sovereign wealth fund.
Doesn't the USA call the shots at the World Bank and the IMF? So a solvent country with a $65 billion cash reserve needs America's help to manage their money?
How retarded would you have to be to think that this makes any sense whatsoever?
Messers Duncan and Burt also helpfully point out that Libya is struggling because it suffered under 42 years of dictatorship and an internal conflict.
The 42 years of dictatorship brought Libya the highest standard of living in all of Africa.
Internal conflict? Ten thousand bombing runs by NATO is an internal conflict?
So how is freedom working out for the people of Libya?
Who knows, but at least it's giving the pointy-headed interventionists in the NATO countries something to crow about.
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