I don't presume to know why any of the NATO members are there other than their stated goal of protecting Libyans from being massacred by their leader.
It's really quite rare that anyone in a free democracy accepts the word of government so easily, and without question. Did you also accept the word of George Bush and the American government when they, along with the Coalition, invaded Iraq?
I don't think Libya's oil reserves are a factor. You are the one that brought it up.
Actually it was you.
"Libya has 3% of the world's oil, we have 2%, Iraq has the largest reserves, even bigger than Saudia Arabia. It will be the last place on the planet to run out which is why we put our military there".
I never mentioned the reserves at all.
You don't know how the world oil market works do you?
Why ask that question and how is it germane to what we're discussing?
I do know that there is a lot of money involved, and both the UK and France have done some shady deals with Middle East dictators in the past. In fact France was directly dealing with Saddam Hussein in the UN Oil for Food scandal, which was brought to light in an investigation by the Americans.
What do you know about Europeans dealing with ME dictators for oil deals and various other contracts? You don't, on the face of it, seem to know much about the subject.