Putin slams West for 'medieval crusade'

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Gazprom tries to counter the EU's effort to escape dependency from Russian gas by focussing on North-Africa - Gazprom became heavily engaged in Lybian oil business and Lybian-European energy transit. Putin must hate his ally going out of busioness, for it puts the Gazprom investement into question.

Since I started thinking about Gazprom in Lybia just short time ago, I wondered why nobody here in the West is aware of this dimension. The Lybian war is of much bigger concern for Europe than Iraq, Afghanistan, or the revolutions in Egypt, Jemen and Tunisia.

NATO gives a pitiful presentation of itself. It is ironic that only the nations with some pride from their imperial times left, and with strong national pride as well (France, Britain), showed to be able and willing to become the first to change words for actual deeds and starting the mission, even if it was late.

NATO should stay out of it, anbd leave it to France command. NATO is too weakened and too much at risk to be comprimised due to Turkey and Erdoghan. France did well to leave the Turks out, like Israel did well to not inform Turkey of it'S strikes against Syria as well.