Most Americans want to know what happened in the deadly Sept. 11, 2012, terrorist attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. It is not a frivolous preoccupation. Four brave Americans, including Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens, were murdered by the attackers. But it’s also important for Americans to ponder attentively what is happening in Libya right now. It underscores what the Washington Examiner‘s Timothy P. Carney has described as the true scandal of Benghazi: Obama tried to fight a “clean war” that would require no follow-up, and instead helped create a failed state and a host of new related problems.

With world and media attention focused on Gaza, Iraq, Syria, and Ukraine, Libya is now collapsing – and it’s hardly a surprise. It has gone through four prime ministers since the revolution against former dictator Moammar Gadhafi, and is now on its fifth, Ahmed Maiteg.