You said it yourself, he was well on his way to crushing the rebellion. Libya's ...

You said it yourself, he was well on his way to crushing the rebellion. Libya's Arab Spring might have ended like Bahrain's [1], in which case the country might still have one of the highest levels of development in Africa.[2]

[1] https://www.npr.org/2012/01/05/144637499/bahrain-the-revolut...

[2] https://www.countercurrents.org/cramer040511.htm