Meeting The Post-War Challenge In Libya

by Zack Beauchamp

Daniel Serwer lays out the difficulties:

The people of Libya in the meanwhile are living in dreadful conditions. Food, water, health care and electricity are lacking, especially in vulnerable populations like the poor and displaced. The TNC needs somehow to begin to deliver goods and services, especially in the major cities. Libyans will be celebrating for a few days, but then they are going to start to wonder how they are better off. That is a question that will persist even once immediate needs are satisfied. Ten years from now Libyans will be discussing whether justice has been done to those who committed crimes under the Gaddafi regime, and whether the traumas of that regime and the civil war have been healed.

Joby Warrick and Karen DeYoung look at the genesis and implementation of the TNC's post-war plan. Bernard Avishai is hopeful about Libya's future.