Belmont Club » A Comment About Blow All Tanks: "wws
2011-09-07 14:11:16
There was a great article recently on exactly the type of breakdown you are talking about, Wretchard. It is based on documents found in the remains of Libya’s spy service and reviewed by western reporters. It shows how, in the end, this fearsome spy service which was intended to penetrate every facet of socity lost all ability to function as it faced the crisis it never thought possible – actual revolution. ...
The age old problem – you hire thugs to run your empire, and then are surprised that they act like a pack of clueless thugs when real trouble shows up."
The only problem is that the "real trouble" in Libya is Al Qaida...
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