Political power

You can have power without authority. The alternative is authority without power.

Nature abhors a vacuum.
 Hence Sir John Sawyers, our ex-MI6 chief, declaring 'Libya had no institutions (post-Gadaffi). Who or what would take over? Those with the weapons' (Times, Feb 17th, 2015). Sir John believed that '.. no-one helped to manage the aftermath in Libya in contrast to the enduring US-led operations that followed'. 

Hence we now see a surge of Libyan migrants trying to crowd into Italy,their long-term aim of trying to reach Britain if not other countries in Europe. On today's BBC Breakfast News concerns were raised that there could be terrorists amongst them. 

The CPA's international policy calls for seeking peace efforts between and among nations and the flourishing of human dignity, besides addressing the issues that lead to impoverishment. In this instance there had to be a stable governance in Libya to replace what was overthrown. It's all very well to liberate a nation but liberate it to - what?