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> we destroyed Libya The U.S. and allies helped drive Qaddafi from power. They didn't physically destroy Libya, though maybe politically. > because some exile
by forapurpose 9y ago
> we destroyed Libya
The U.S. and allies helped drive Qaddafi from power. They didn't physically destroy Libya, though maybe politically.
> because some exile in Switzerland claimed Qaddafi was being extra super mean, only he wasn't.
Qaddafi's human rights record was very well known for a long time, and he also made enemies in the West by supporting terrorists and destroying a commercial airliner in flight, killing its passengers. The immediate cause of the West's intervention was that Qaddafi was openly about to destroy rebels (including civilians, IIRC). I'm not sure how much of a role this exile played.
- jessaustin 9y agoEducate yourself: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/libya/obamas-libya-debacle https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/libya/obamas-libya-d... http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/03/22/libya-and-the-myth-of-humanitarian-intervention/ http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/03/22/libya-and-the-myth-of-hu... Holy shit those lies were so transparent that even staid mainstream media brands felt compelled to debunk them! Even if those lies had been true, why did we care so much about Libya and not about nineteen other brutal corrupt dictators in Africa and around the world? Qaddafi had already given up his nuclear program, and DPRK rightly points out that that mistake cost him everything. How convenient for those who benefit from both the current European refugee crisis and from escalated conflict in Korea!