Libya Still Has Potential?

George Grant returns [pdf] from the country with a rare upbeat report about progress there:

It is not for nothing that a recent poll found incredible optimism for the future amongst Libyans. More than 90 per cent of those surveyed said they felt last year’s revolution was a positive development. Most just seem glad for the opportunity to express their opinions and to go about their business without constant fear of the consequences. For now freedom is enough, but nobody is under any illusions as to the need to turn that into something more. The collective will is certainly there, as are the raw economic resources and the potential of a comparatively literate workforce. With the right level of international support, technocratic as much as economic, Libya can succeed. Nobody should be writing this remarkable country off as another failed state in-waiting just yet.