Hmmm.... The depth of the analysis reminds me of the saying, the origins of which are attributed to another Kaplan: "if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail".
That's true: "a band of civilian experts, plus small numbers of special operations forces" can't turn Libya into a stable democracy led by a new strong central government able to monopolize the use of force. Until it happens, the dysfunctional Libayn state is not to be allowed to freely exchange petro-dollars for fancy military technology, like Ghadaffi used to do, only for the wrong reasons and dealing with the wrong people.
But they are working on it : Libya to Spend Billions on Defence | Libya Business News. Still, as travellers in occasional transit, we are in greater danger of AK47's than Eurofighters falling in the wrong hands.
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