Gaddafi Didn’t Destroy Benghazi, but a Garbage Strike Might

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In the spring of ’11, Obama claimed that he had to intervene in Libya because “if we waited one more day, Benghazi, a city nearly the size of Charlotte, could suffer a massacre that would have reverberated across the region and stained the conscience of the world.”

As usual, Obama was lying. No such massacre had taken place in any city captured by Gaddafi. (The same couldn’t be said for Obama’s rebel pals). Nor was such a massacre going to take place in Benghazi.

Obama’s illegal Libyan War did however ensure that a massacre of Americans in Benghazi would take place that would stain his conscience… if he had one.

But while Gaddafi didn’t destroy Benghazi, a garbage strike might.

Huge piles of rubbish continue to grow in Benghazi following a garbage collectors’ strike. The sheer volume of refuse now poses a health risk as the temperature increases in the already beleaguered eastern city.

The massive piles of rubbish are starting to have an effect far beyond just their noxious stench. The garbage is attracting animals and mosquitoes. It is causing traffic jams where it blocking the roads. More than this, as a breeding ground for illnesses, the elderly and the young are put particularly at risk by the trash.

Residents have taken to burning the rubbish in their efforts to reduce it. However, they are unaware of the health implications even this may have as they breath in the fumes.

Chairman of the Board of Directors for Public Services in Benghazi Salem Shoui told the Libya Herald that rubbish collectors began striking in May over delayed pay, better facilities at headquarters and the provision of health insurance. He said many of the public services company’s  5,400 employees had not received their salaries for at least three months.

Maybe we can get SEIU to fly in and organize them.

  • DogmaelJones1

    “Maybe we can get SEIU to fly in and organize them.” What? And not collect the garbage themselves??? Heaven forbid! SEIU members would never THINK of soiling their hands by actually…working. Their shop stewards and local bosses would cry “exploitation” and even “racism.” They’re far better qualified to carry signs and beat up dissenters and non-union workers.

    • Daniel Greenfield

      Good luck beating up people who have their own militias

      • DVult

        Fly them in one way. A little more garbage there and a little less here. Throw in a few community organizers for good measure.

  • Dyer’s Eve

    Given the stench that is Islam, how can anyone tell the difference? Islam is the big pile of rubbish that needs to be cleaned up. The stench of hate in their hearts reeks far more than the filth in their streets..

  • American1969

    Is that Detroit?