article_snippet.sent: When Libya disintegrated politically after the overthrow of longtime leader Muammar Gaddafi and unrest spread in neighboring countries, Europe failed to take forceful action.
article_snippet.sent: Officials said the lack of a strong Libyan government would likely make UN backing necessary. '
article_snippet.sent: Last time I checked Libya was in Africa, not Europe.'
article_snippet.sent: Over the deadliest year ever, what little political structure Libya had has collapsed.
article_snippet.sent: Local militias hold sway around Libya, some of Local militias with hard-line Islamist ideologies, and the Islamic State group has emerged as a strong and brutal force.
article_snippet.sent: There are two possibilities: either a U.N. Security Council Resolution or a unity government in Libya.