Setting up institutions in a wartorn country ruled by competing militia is like setting up a table in a pen of pigs and expecting the animals to observe table manners. The logic of the situation does not allow it. It is best to not foment revolution in the first place. How does Libya's GDP now compare to before the war? Are Libyans happier? Do they have better schools and health care? Are they physically safer? Sometimes, revolution and intervention against unjust dictators are actually criminal and immoral, giving rise to atrocities greater than the evils they are intended to rectify. Libya and Syria illustrate the point.
Setting up institutions in a wartorn country ruled by competing militia is like setting up a table in a pen of pigs and expecting the animals to observe table manners. The logic of the situation does not allow it. It is best to not foment revolution in the first place. How does Libya's GDP now compare to before the war? Are Libyans happier? Do they have better schools and health care? Are they physically safer? Sometimes, revolution and intervention against unjust dictators are actually criminal and immoral, giving rise to atrocities greater than the evils they are intended to rectify. Libya and Syria illustrate the point.