Fifth, and despite all the turbulence the country has faced, the professional Libyan National Army has survived albeit with limited manpower, weapons and combat experience. Such a thing cannot happen in Iraq where the militias are in full control and dominate the government and the judiciary. This came about after these external forces realised their interests are better served by a Libyan at peace rather than in conflict. As for Iraq, it has one neighbour who was able to infiltrate all the state’s joints and become the de facto and undisputed ruler. In Iraq, however, the US was not in the past part of the solution nor is it today nor will it be in the future.

Source: Libya Today March 19, 2021 09:45 UTC