Libya is a dysfunctional, dismembered state that is no longer spiralling into chaos: it is already there. The Libyan people are not the only ones who have suffered from this war. (I wrote about Heftar for the magazine, in February.) The West will need to find militias that are not in the hands of Islamic fundamentalists and give these groups ample backing. One of these is what remains of Gaddafi's own security forces.
Libya is a dysfunctional, dismembered state that is no longer spiralling into chaos: it is already there. The Libyan people are not the only ones who have suffered from this war. The West will need to find militias that are not in the hands of Islamic fundamentalists and give these groups ample backing. One of these is what remains of Gaddafi's own security forces.