plus much better way to get oil (if we're even going to get anymore oilt han we did from gaddafi before this)
tell gaddafi if he doesnt play blal we bomb the shit out of him in favour of the rebels
gaddafi WOULD have played ball, no gay rebel rule, rebels would have all been slaughtered in bengazi, we get everything we want without having to spend anymore than the cost it would have taken to telephone gaddafi
i dont entirely agree with this
gaddafi was playing ball from the very beginning
they threatened to kill him several times and he covered things up with closer trading ties with the west etc
so, in terms of getting oil... they were getting it anyway
but instead of having 99% control over it they want 100% (over-exaggeration)
and the revolt was the perfect solution to get what they want and still look like the good guys
the revolution was inevitable anyway
(also, i get the impression there was more to it than just oil... they probs want more control in the middle-east to isolate the threat of iran etc by increasing their influence there)