The West did not expect this level of unrest following the removal of dictators and tyrants. In the case of Libya, Gaddafi was murdering people in numbers. He wanted to kill everyone in Benghazi. The West believed the people would be anxious to have their democracy. There are many factions in the Middle East and they all have their own priorities. A burning hatred of everything that came before was going to have it's effect. Appeasement under the dictators only oppressed the people's will and when that leader was removed it set fire to all those oppressed. Now, they are afraid to relinquish their own authority over their lives and stand as martyrs to god in defiance.
Mohammed al-Sheikh said he had not received the financial and moral support to implement his reforms
18 August 2013 Last updated at 17:40 ET
...The interior ministry (click here) has come under pressure to deal with violence that has plagued Libya since the 2011 uprising that toppled Muammar Gaddafi.
Mr Sheikh is the second cabinet minister to quit in the past two weeks.
Awadh al-Barassi resigned as deputy prime minister on 4 August.
He said the government had failed to deal with the unrest, win the people's trust, and provide state agencies with adequate resources.
In a letter read out to the GNC on Sunday, Mr Sheikh said he was resigning "namely because of a lack of support from the prime minister", MP Abdullah al-Gmati told the AFP news agency.
He also complained that he was "not getting the financial and moral support to implement his reform programme and said he did not have sufficient prerogatives to carry out his policies", Mr Gmati added.
The former colonel in Tripoli's police force also spoke of being put under "pressure" from GNC members after trying to sack officials....
This is the same level of hatred witnessed in Iraq post invasion. Saddam was gone and all others found their footing after decades of repression. I don't want to say the genie has been let out of the bottle, it isn't that sort of thing. But, it is people afraid of further oppression. To some extent this violence throughout the region is rational. Dangerous, but, rational.
Mohammed al-Sheikh said he had not received the financial and moral support to implement his reforms18 August 2013 Last updated at 17:40 ET
...The interior ministry (click here) has come under pressure to deal with violence that has plagued Libya since the 2011 uprising that toppled Muammar Gaddafi.
Mr Sheikh is the second cabinet minister to quit in the past two weeks.
Awadh al-Barassi resigned as deputy prime minister on 4 August.
He said the government had failed to deal with the unrest, win the people's trust, and provide state agencies with adequate resources.
In a letter read out to the GNC on Sunday, Mr Sheikh said he was resigning "namely because of a lack of support from the prime minister", MP Abdullah al-Gmati told the AFP news agency.
He also complained that he was "not getting the financial and moral support to implement his reform programme and said he did not have sufficient prerogatives to carry out his policies", Mr Gmati added.
The former colonel in Tripoli's police force also spoke of being put under "pressure" from GNC members after trying to sack officials....
This is the same level of hatred witnessed in Iraq post invasion. Saddam was gone and all others found their footing after decades of repression. I don't want to say the genie has been let out of the bottle, it isn't that sort of thing. But, it is people afraid of further oppression. To some extent this violence throughout the region is rational. Dangerous, but, rational.
