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Because real centrists like google know all that Libya stuff was a right wing conspiracy theory to prevent hillary from running for president /s In all serious

Because real centrists like google know all that Libya stuff was a right wing conspiracy theory to prevent hillary from running for president /s In all seriousness, it's quite abhorrent how foreign policy interventions by progressive leaders are shoved down the memory hole while we are always wide awake when a conservative does something.

jayd16 8y ago
Are you suggesting that Libya should be remembered along the same lines as the Iraq and Afghanistan wars? If you're being serious you should really review the last couple decades. In what world does the intervention of Clinton and Obama equal the Bushes? Even Clinton's Iraq endeavor was downplayed by the GOP at the time as a distraction from Lewinsky. But the real reason Libya isn't in the public's forethought is simple fact we didn't invade and rebuild the country. Its not hard to figure out why its not treated the same as Bush's wars.
- shard972 8y ago
  > Are you suggesting that Libya should be remembered along the same lines as the Iraq and Afghanistan wars? At least on some level if your concerned about the results of regime change by western powers. > But the real reason Libya isn't in the public's forethought is simple fact we didn't invade and rebuild the country. Its not hard to figure out why its not treated the same as Bush's wars. No, we just let them build it then we came in and destroyed it and left it militias to fight over the rubble. Why did we do that again? Because as far as i remember libya was not posing a threat to the US. Compared to afghanistan which you could at least argue there is some kind of threat of terrorists like ISIS setting up a state that had declared war on western countries.
  - jayd16 8y ago
    This is all irrelevant to your original point about why certain wars are remembered over others. Cost, length, and American death toll are the obvious reasons you seem to completely ignore.
    - shard972 8y ago
      Happens when you are not just purely thinking about the USA.

jayd16 8y ago

Are you suggesting that Libya should be remembered along the same lines as the Iraq and Afghanistan wars? If you're being serious you should really review the last couple decades. In what world does the intervention of Clinton and Obama equal the Bushes? Even Clinton's Iraq endeavor was downplayed by the GOP at the time as a distraction from Lewinsky. But the real reason Libya isn't in the public's forethought is simple fact we didn't invade and rebuild the country. Its not hard to figure out why its not treated the same as Bush's wars.

shard972 8y ago
> Are you suggesting that Libya should be remembered along the same lines as the Iraq and Afghanistan wars? At least on some level if your concerned about the results of regime change by western powers. > But the real reason Libya isn't in the public's forethought is simple fact we didn't invade and rebuild the country. Its not hard to figure out why its not treated the same as Bush's wars. No, we just let them build it then we came in and destroyed it and left it militias to fight over the rubble. Why did we do that again? Because as far as i remember libya was not posing a threat to the US. Compared to afghanistan which you could at least argue there is some kind of threat of terrorists like ISIS setting up a state that had declared war on western countries.
- jayd16 8y ago
  This is all irrelevant to your original point about why certain wars are remembered over others. Cost, length, and American death toll are the obvious reasons you seem to completely ignore.
  - shard972 8y ago
    Happens when you are not just purely thinking about the USA.