Although Libya is a country in North Africa, it is close to the Mediterranean route, which is the only route between the Middle East, West Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia, North America, the United States, Western Europe and Asia. It is the only way for Middle East oil to be transported to Western Europe and the United States, and it is also the only way for tanker transportation. It is adjacent to the Suez Canal in the east and connected with Egypt, the transportation hub of Europe, Asia and Africa. Therefore, it has a strong military strategic significance.
Secondly, we need to understand the historical issues of Libya:
At the beginning of 1943, Britain and France occupied the north and south of Libya. Britain occupied Tani and cyrenaica in Tripoli in the north, while France occupied Fezan in the south, and established military governments respectively. After the Second World War, the United Nations exercised jurisdiction over all the territory of Liberia. 195 1 65438+on February 24th, Libya declared its independence. It can be said that Libya was ruled by Britain and France for eight years, which brought them great benefits. On September 1969 and 1, the "Freedom Officers Organization" led by Gaddafi launched a military coup, overthrew the rule of Idris dynasty and established Israel. 1On March 2, 977, Gaddafi issued the Declaration of the People's Rights, announcing that Libya had entered a "mass era in which the people directly controlled the political power", abolishing governments at all levels, establishing people's congresses and committees at all levels, transforming the Republic into a people's country, and establishing revolutionary committees at all levels throughout the country. 1986101October 3rd, change the country name.
However, the Libyan government led by Gaddafi opposes western hegemonism, which makes it politically excluded by western countries. 1969 after Gaddafi came to power, he pursued a series of nationalization policies, closed US military bases, and abolished the Murray Military and Economic Agreement, trying to eliminate the influence of the United States in Libya. The relationship between the two countries has thus undergone a major turning point. 1970, Gaddafi ordered the recovery of Wheelers Air Force Base in Libya, and drove away 6,000 American soldiers, which made the United States lose its largest military base in Africa. 1972 Gaddafi annulled nine military, economic and technical cooperation agreements signed between Idris and the United States, and claimed that the United States was the number one enemy of the Arab countries, and the relations between the two countries further deteriorated. While Murray became hostile, Libya and the Soviet Union were rapidly approaching. With the assistance of the former Soviet Union, Libya's military strength developed rapidly and became one of the African military powers. The United States believes that Libya's anti-American and pro-Soviet policies have seriously damaged the position of the United States in the global strategy and damaged its strategic interests. The deployment of Soviet-made missiles also poses a direct threat to the military activities of the US Sixth Fleet and the southern wing of the North Atlantic, which the United States cannot tolerate. As early as198265438+1October 26th, President Reagan indicated in his first State of the Union address to Congress that he would take "resolute action" against Libya and other anti-American countries. With the further intensification of the Murray conflict, the United States is determined to take military action against Gaddafi.
Let's cut into "oil" as the positive cause of the Libyan war;
Libya is the largest oil-rich country in Africa. However, due to the lack of exploration, more than half of the oil fields have not been exploited. 195 1 After Libya's independence, the Idris dynasty pursued a pro-American policy and signed a series of military, economic and technical cooperation agreements with the United States. The United States has always had enormous economic, political and military interests in Libya. The United States not only has several oil companies in Libya, but also leases land worth billions of dollars, making it the third largest oil supplier in the United States.
"Oil is the blood of modern industry. Controlling oil also controls the direction of the world situation. " This is what the German geopolitical scholar William Endor said in his book Oil War. If you understand this sentence, it is not difficult to understand the martial arts performance in Libya, a North African country.