WI: Mega-Libya

Ghadaffi involved himself in a number of schemes to either make his country larger or unite it with other countries.

One was the 1974 proposed unification of Libya and Tunisia - Bourgiba (President of Tunisia) was to be President of the united country and Ghadaffi would be Defense Minister. Looking at this, it seems pretty apparent that Ghaddafi would take power eventually.

Then there was the Toyota War of 1986-1987 in which Ghaddafi intervened in the Chadian Civil War and the French intervened on the other wide.

What if Ghaddafi built a state comprised of Libya, Tunisia, Chad, and perhaps whatever other territory he could get his hands on?
 
It would likely remain unstable due to competing power blocs (a lot like the UAR) that would/could only be held together by oil revenue. The Libyans would also be in the minority limiting Ghaddafi's hard power base. On the plus side it would keep Ghaddafi too busy for other schemes.
 
Ghadaffi involved himself in a number of schemes to either make his country larger or unite it with other countries.

One was the 1974 proposed unification of Libya and Tunisia - Bourgiba (President of Tunisia) was to be President of the united country and Ghadaffi would be Defense Minister. Looking at this, it seems pretty apparent that Ghaddafi would take power eventually.

Then there was the Toyota War of 1986-1987 in which Ghaddafi intervened in the Chadian Civil War and the French intervened on the other wide.

What if Ghaddafi built a state comprised of Libya, Tunisia, Chad, and perhaps whatever other territory he could get his hands on?
Wait Ghadaffi only as Defense Minister, of course after a year in office of Mega-Libyia Bourgiba will fall in his bath and Ghadaffi will also take over the title as supreme president.
 
Then there was the Toyota War of 1986-1987 in which Ghaddafi intervened in the Chadian Civil War and the French intervened on the other wide.

What if Ghaddafi built a state comprised of Libya, Tunisia, Chad, and perhaps whatever other territory he could get his hands on?

You have to butterfly away France first.
 
Tunes is have more people than Libya, so it wouldn't be mega-Libya, but Tunesia now with oil and some extra Beduins.
 
Libya is already "mega", it should never have existed. it only exists because Italy eventually, courtesy of the tender mercies of general Graziani, put together Tripolitania, Cyrenaica and Fezzan in a single colony.
 
Libya is already "mega", it should never have existed. it only exists because Italy eventually, courtesy of the tender mercies of general Graziani, put together Tripolitania, Cyrenaica and Fezzan in a single colony.
To be fair, the Qaramanlids ruled rughly the same area under Ottoman suzerainity as more or less one thing, though Cyrenaica had and has quite a distinct identity and any control Tripoli had on Fezzan was generally very loose. Ottoman direct rule had also a single governor IIRC.
 

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Wait Ghadaffi only as Defense Minister, of course after a year in office of Mega-Libyia Bourgiba will fall in his bath and Ghadaffi will also take over the title as supreme president.
Or you know suddenly the President would have to answer to the Defence Minister's office. Ghadaffi was good at being the man in charge, even though he didn't Always officially hold the highest office.
 
Or you know suddenly the President would have to answer to the Defence Minister's office. Ghadaffi was good at being the man in charge, even though he didn't Always officially hold the highest office.
He can always send his amazons to connive somebody to do what he want to be done.
 
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