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In reply to the discussion: Update on the last country we said we saved [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)happened in Libya after the real mission was accomplished, should probably just stick to reading children's stories about the tooth fairy.
Once Gadaffi was dead, we left those 'victims' to the brutality of the 'proxy army' we call 'rebels'.
The truth is if we had not been in there, France et al, our allies from Qatar and Bahrain and the Saudis, the Libyan Govt would have remained in place because the Libyan people had things pretty good under that government.
So did the immigrants from other parts of Africa who received high pay from the government which they were able to send back to their families.
After we achieved Regime Change, which we lied about as usual, we were gone.
And the country turned into a version of Mad Max descending into chaos with terrorists slaughtering and torturing and robbing innocents. And when those victims begged for help, where were we?
Well, Hillary was boasting about 'the new way we fight wars' with no 'obvious' American boots on the ground, how we use 'proxy' armies now, pretending to be 'rebels'.
Libya went from being a country where it their Social programs, education and medical care, were excellent and where the government paid for homes for anyone who needed one, believing that owning a home is a Right. I doubt there were any homeless in Libya.
Now the invaders from the West are talking about divvying the country up. And guess who will have control of the oil?
Gadaffi was no saint, but what they have now is sheer hell.
Yes, add Libya to our list of 'successes' in bringing 'democracy' to the ME.