Thank you for the explanation. It all makes sense except the oil. They all had contracts for oil that were not in dispute (that I know of).
Well, I mentioned the oil because I’ve seen it said by numerous people. I agree; it doesn’t make a lot of sense to me, either. The UK traded the Lockerbie Bomber to get an oil deal, France already had an oil deal, and Kaddafi kept his word on deals better than a lot of other dictators. And he kept things in order.
Now, if the new temporary government breaks up into tribal warfare, they may get less oil from Libya than they did before. Or maybe none at all. Which, frankly, would serve them right.