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Libya was doing just fine until "the world" decided to deal with it. Some might say the same about Syria as well.
by pakitan 10y ago
Libya was doing just fine until "the world" decided to deal with it. Some might say the same about Syria as well.
- pavlov 10y agoWhat? Libya and Syria were not just fine on their own: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libyan_Civil_War_(2011) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libyan_Civil_War_(2011) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Course_of_events_of_the_Syrian_Civil_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Course_of_events_of_the_Syrian...
- sampo 10y agoIf the West had not supported the rebels, the dictators could have crushed the rebels, and the countries could have gone back to relative stable life, albeit under a harsh regime. With less loss of lives that what happened now.
- pavlov 10y agoIs that the plot of Rogue One in an alternate universe? :P Everybody who is not an autocrat themselves wanted to see Gaddafi and Al-Assad go, once it looked like it could happen... But the rebellion was initially homegrown, and that's the point. The countries were not stable to begin with.