Prepared To Respond...!

It was not for naught that Canada leaped into the NATO-Libyan fray. Of course it was for perfectly valid humanitarian reasons, that Britain and France incited NATO, themselves completely disinterested, along with Italy and the United States, in the vast oil resources that country boasts, from whom Canada took inspiration. It was, after all, the humanitarian thing to do, to respond to the plight of the rag-tag tribal militias comprised of everyday citizens who had had enough of their tyrannical leader.

So a major confrontation was made of a tribal rebellion, with western forces championing the revolutionary underdog determined to match and overcome the mad dog. Other North African countries looked on with dismay and much unhappiness that their reliable source of funding would be coming to an end.

Islamists hugged themselves with joy at the prospect of raiding regime-unguarded weapons caches, enabling them to make off with sizeable amounts of formidable armaments. More, much more, will undoubtedly be heard from that triumphant sector in the near future, telescoping into the far distant future, no doubt.

And NATO felt virtuous that the United Nations felt compelled to give them the green light to 'protect' the insurgents from the massive counter-assaults of the Gadhafi regime. NATO kept its boots scrupulously off Libyan soil (with the exception of critically-placed British military advisers and some-such) and heartily bombed away.

And now, now that Moammar Gadhafi's regime has disintegrated under the lopsided onslaught, although still resisting in its tribal belt of support, those who expressed their belief in the Libyan Transitional Council, are standing patiently in line to be noticed as potential (and assured) partners in reconstruction.

As for example: "The Libyan people do see a country (Canada) that stood by them and helped them and answered their call when they needed them", crooned Libya's ambassador to Canada.

"Having now taken stock of the situation, we are starting the work of refurbishing and securing our embassy in Tripoli", Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister responded. "We have also brought in a team of staff members who will enable us to liaise directly with officials of the new government of Libya. The team will also prepare for a larger complement of diplomats that will allow us to resume commercial services to Canadians."

"There's a lot of work to be done in the country in terms of infrastructure and the oil sector, and we are looking for Canadian companies to take a leading role in that", assured the Libyan ambassador. Suncor and SNC-Lavalin and the Canadian Chamber of Commerce are prepared to respond.