How does a small group of persons take over an entire region and make a territorial State and government to rule it? No two cases are exactly alike in the details. The U.S. government is a prototype, formed with a Constitution that has some typically murky claims to legitimacy. There is a large element of assertion and bluster. There is the presence of armed forces to enforce it. There are large masses of passive people and local governments that go along with it. The Libyan case is of interest. Some details are here. The vehicle (like a Continental Congress) is the Interim … Continue reading The Making of a National Government and the Real Cause of the Libyan War