Now it is just a regional government established to defend their rights as Libyans:
Leaders of an autonomy movement in Libya's oil-rich east unilaterally declared a regional government on Sunday, in a challenge to the weak central government as new violence erupted in the restive region. ...
[In Cyrenaica], ... tribes, activists and militias have been pushing for a federal system sharing power with the west and southern Fezzan.
Who knows what Lexington and Concord event could propel these people along a path to seeking independence for Cyrenaica?
Although if the southern Fezzan goes, too, I'll guess that Khadaffi Loyalists will celebrate their chance to regain some ground.
And honestly, the way jihadis have insinuated themselves into subnational disputes (Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Somalia, and Mali come readily to mind), removing a potential source of support for jihadis doesn't sound so bad to me.
Or do you really think it would be best to follow Europe's bloody and long path to matching political and ethnic boundaries?
