US and France made airstrikes on Libya destroying infrastructure. The "spreading democracy" line is seen as Western imperialism which spreads suffering. https:

US and France made airstrikes on Libya destroying infrastructure. The "spreading democracy" line is seen as Western imperialism which spreads suffering. https://foreignpolicy.com/2016/03/22/libya-and-the-myth-of-humanitarian-intervention https://foreignpolicy.com/2016/03/22/libya-and-the-myth-of-h... Libya had given up their quest to obtain nuclear weapons, yet they were still destroyed by the West. North Korea can read this history, so they dig in more fiercly to prevent a similar outcome. https://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/30/how-the-miserable-death-of-moammar-gadhafi-factors-into-kim-jong-uns-nuclear-ambitions.html https://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/30/how-the-miserable-death-of-m...