The latest event in Libya further extenuates what a moron Benito Mussolini was.
He was sitting on an ocean of oil, bequeathed to him by the Constitutional Monarchy he overthrew by force, and he fucked it up. Pre-WW II Libya was a playground for Europe's rich and famous. Tripoli was the South Beach of the Mediterranean and F1 Racing started there. All he had to do was declare neutrality, like Franco, and he could have survived WW II with his oilfields. After he passed away some accommodation could have been made for independence with Italy still getting the lion's share of the oil production. Instead the stronzo invades France from the south and ended up swinging from his ankles.
What a nincompoop, what an ultra-maroon.