It was compulsory. They used to give you the day off work, and docked your pay for a month

Let's wait and see, shall we?

Let's wait and see.

However, even the best systems can go awry again over a period of time.

Look at us.

Check out this awesome video about that topic.

http://www.tweetdeck.com/twitter/sharon_lynch/~LrM6i

#Tunisie #Elections #Tunisia #Democracy

‘The Libyan monarchy of Idris, which was based in Benghazi, was installed by the United States and British in the 1950’s to oversee their economic and military interests in North Africa. Libya in 1951, under the leadership of King Idris, officially had the lowest standards of Living in the world. The Idris monarchy was overthrown in a bloodless revolution led by Muammar al-Gaddafi in 1969. This led to the American Wheelus Air Base (The largest American base outside of US at that time) being dismantled and the American and British armed forces stationed in Libya evacuating. The western oil companies were then nationalised.’

http://globalciviliansforpeace.com/tag/king-idris/

I don't know why the OP wants the people of Libya to go back to living under a U.S. puppet king, that is what they said.

the gas market was not that huge.

BTW, I was talking about personal relationships - not economy or standard of living. I should have made that clear. It was because I read the following on AJE.

Letter posted on AJE

A letter from this morning's paper

My late husband was a geophysicist in international oil exploration. We spent three years in Libya from 1963 until 1966, when we were transferred to Australia, and returned to Libya in September 1968 until we were transferred to London in 1969 to join our baby son who had been flown there to the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children shortly after birth. Therefore, we missed Gadhafi's coup, but heard all the stories from other oil-patch expats who got out later.

The claim by a political analyst on CBC that the 1969 coup was bloodless didn't match stories of many Italian and Jewish residents/citizens who were killed in violent ways by Gadhafi's mobs.Under King Idris el Senussi's benign rule, Libya was a wonderful country for foreigners.It was tolerant and peaceful, and I shopped alone in the Tripoli souks with no fear or concerns. The Libyan people were welcoming and kind, the Arab merchants taught me Arabic and laughed with me over my errors, the Italian merchants taught me Italian with similar results.I marvelled at the Roman ruins at Sabratha and Leptis Magna, got stuck in my car amid camel trains ambling along the streets, survived the ghiblis (sandstorms) and thoroughly enjoyed every minute of my time there.

Libyan friends were proud that the oil money was being spent on schools, hospitals, housing and health, and particularly proud that girls were going to school as well as boys.I was delighted to see the two Senussi princes on TV last evening, and I hope that the new Libyan government and they can unite the country and bring it back to the dignity and pride that once was so evident.

Joanne ChiperaParksville