The Netherlands can take an important role in rebuilding Libya once the fighting in Tripoli is over, foreign affairs minister Uri Rosenthal told the press on Monday evening. In particular, he sees a role for the Dutch in setting up a new legal system.
DutchNews.nl – Libya needs help with rebuilding: minister
What?! You thought NATO was carelessly dropping bombs out of the goodness of their heart? Gaddafi was functional to the European Union while he kept away the influx of North African immigrants reaching Lampedusa on precarious boats. Now, of course, ailing European economies can profit from reconstruction efforts. Meanwhile, a vast number of European Twitter users celebrate the prospect of Libyan democracy. A chorus of RAH RHAs cheering for freedom! The freedom to have European States rebuild the same stuff they just bombed, perhaps?
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