Report from Tunisia: Oil tankers off the coast of Carthage

 

 

Report from Tunisia: Oil tankers off the coast of Carthage

     Ever since Hillary Clinton gleefully set all the balls in motion that eventually led to the brutal murder of Muammar Qaddafi, I've been trying to get into Libya so I could report on this failed state.  "I could go to Tunisia and then fly to Tripoli from there," I told myself.  Well.  That didn't work out as planned.

     I bought my airline ticket to Tripoli.  I checked for visa requirements and prices for hotel rooms.  I can do this.  Passport in hand, I planned to leave from Tunis to Tripoli in just two days.  "Why the freak do you want to go to Libya?" asked a Tunisian friend.  Why not?  I wanted to see for myself what the results of yet another American regime-change operation looked like up close.  So far so good.

     Except.

     My mind was totally willing -- but my body was weak.  Pesky body.  Suddenly my body made it  absolutely clear to me that "No is no!"  Not even a short visit?  "There will be no freaking trip to Libya for you!"  And right there at my hotel breakfast buffet in Kairouan, I passed out like a light -- woke up to find a nurse, three doctors and 50 Japanese tourists staring down at me.  "What happened?" I asked.  Obviously my trip to Libya was off.

      Still and all, I did learn a lot about Libya -- plus Tunisia is a brilliantly undiscovered tourist jewel so my trip wasn't wasted.  But what was I gonna do now?  "How about resting up in Tunis and then flying home?"  I guess.  Found a cute little boutique hotel in Carthage and took to my bed.  Got a massage.  Kept away from French pastry.  Sat out on the deck and watched the Mediterranean flow by.  Recuperated.

      But, wait, what's that on the horizon?  OMG, it's three oil tankers!  Coming from Libya?  Coming from Suez?  Going to Italy?  Going to Marseilles?  Haven't a clue.  Perhaps I'm wrong but their presence seemed to indicate that oil is still flowing freely from the failed state of Libya.  Good to know.

 

      Possible moral of this story?  No matter what other crazy things happen in this world, including endless wars and even horrific genocide, nothing seems to stop the flow of oil. 

PS:  While going from Sbeitla to Kairouan, my bus stopped at a forlorn little truck-stop-slash-mosque -- but I didn't care what the joint looked like as long as the restrooms were clean and they didn't have squat toilets.  

 

      "See all those 18-wheelers and tanker trucks over there?" asked some Tunisian guy in the seat next to me.  "They are smuggling stuff in and out of Libya -- mostly produce from here and gasoline from there.  Smuggling is big business here."  Say what?  If the Tunisia-Libya border is all that porous, then surely I could find a way to sneak in?

     "Tunisian young men, who would have ordinarily gone to university, find it much more lucrative to smuggle gas in from Libya than to work at boring day jobs.  And see all those roadside shops with stacks of jerrycans piled in front of them?  Those are the local versions of gas stations.  Gas from Libya costs half the price of gas sold here by Exxon or Shell.  You drive in, buy a couple of jerrycans, pour the gas in your tank and drive out." 

 

     Apparently, however, there is one small glitch.  Smugglers tend to cut Libyan gas with water -- and using this tainted Libyan gas in your car cuts deeply into the life of its engine.  "Not to worry," said my new Tunisian BFF.  "We always find a way to get around problems."  And at the next town, he pointed out a long row of mechanics' shops, specializing in repairing faulty engines.

PPS:  I love Tunisia!  And so does George Lucas.  He filmed a lot of Star Wars episodes here.  "Luke, I am your father!"  That movie was filmed right here.

 

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And of course the horrible genocidal murders in Gaza continue.  Zionists think that because they wear suits, that it's not really murder?  Tell that to Adolph Eichmann:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgVultITs0c

 

Interesting fact:  Many major airlines have just cancelled their flights to Tel Aviv.  What's with that?  They know something that the American people don't know?  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rUQZ7n2XLY 

 

Interesting story about what Neville Chamberlain was really up to:  Appeasement: the SHOCKING truth about the 1938 Munich Agreement (part 1 of 3)

Is Trump up to something that we never would have suspected?  Here's a totally different POV:  Yuuge: Trump withdraws U.S. from 66 international organizations

 

And it's still not too late to buy silver:  https://gregorymannarino.substack.com/p/silvers-move-hasnt-even-started-gregory 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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