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9. the alternative to Qaddafi's overthrow wasn't peace and prosperity, it was a Syria-like scenario nt

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US launches strikes on IS in Libya [View all] MowCowWhoHow III Aug 2016 OP

U.S. jets pound ISIL in Libya MowCowWhoHow III Aug 2016 #1

Because why not, right? anoNY42 Aug 2016 #2

the government requested the bombing, and it's freaking ISIS. geek tragedy Aug 2016 #3

My point anoNY42 Aug 2016 #6

we're not bombing terrorism, we're bombing an armed militia that occupies territory geek tragedy Aug 2016 #7

And my point still stands. anoNY42 Aug 2016 #11

the human race has been doing it for thousands of years. geek tragedy Aug 2016 #12

I was under the impression anoNY42 Aug 2016 #13

it's a very slow process. geek tragedy Aug 2016 #14

In that case anoNY42 Aug 2016 #22

North Korea and Russia have nukes. geek tragedy Aug 2016 #24

So the test is anoNY42 Aug 2016 #26

To make it a military vs a law enforcement concern, I would say that's a very good rule of thumb. geek tragedy Aug 2016 #28

Ok anoNY42 Aug 2016 #32

a lot of other people are doing the fighting on the ground. geek tragedy Aug 2016 #33

"But the ouster of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi left Libya a failed state and a terrorist haven." uawchild Aug 2016 #8

the alternative to Qaddafi's overthrow wasn't peace and prosperity, it was a Syria-like scenario nt geek tragedy Aug 2016 #9

The Guardian has a different view... "There's nothing moral about Nato's intervention in Libya" uawchild Aug 2016 #15

Seamus Milne is an anti-American Stalinist who gloated about the 9.11 attacks. geek tragedy Aug 2016 #16

"The Big Lie About the Libyan War" uawchild Aug 2016 #17

the US was taking sides in a civil war, not terribly difficult to infer that they wanted the other geek tragedy Aug 2016 #21

WRONG we were NOT taking sides uawchild Aug 2016 #30

STALINIST? Woah baby, its McCarthyism time! Seamus Milne is an accomplished journalist lol uawchild Aug 2016 #20

ummm geek tragedy Aug 2016 #23

lol and I paraphrase your proof: "His colleague had drinks with Che" lol uawchild Aug 2016 #29

asdf geek tragedy Aug 2016 #31

STANDPOINT MAGAZINE? Good lord, that's a right-wing RAG uawchild Aug 2016 #34

More about STANDPOINT magazine's rightwing bilge uawchild Aug 2016 #35

Besides his writings? geek tragedy Aug 2016 #36

Where's the STALINISM? uawchild Aug 2016 #38

He's a lifelong, proud Communist who rooted for the USSR. geek tragedy Aug 2016 #39

lol out of right wing sites to smear Milne with? uawchild Aug 2016 #41

I copied and pasted from his Wikipedia site. geek tragedy Aug 2016 #42

"has never stopped hating Western governments and blames them for every trouble in the world" uawchild Aug 2016 #44

STANDPOINT about Hillary: She has a sense of entitlement which she does not always disguise uawchild Aug 2016 #37

It's ever-morphing "government" is a "failed state". David Zephyr Aug 2016 #45

Perhaps you need more informaiton about the Libyan government requesting that help. glennward Aug 2016 #4

Oh anoNY42 Aug 2016 #5

So we just sit back and watch? yeoman6987 Aug 2016 #18

Really? anoNY42 Aug 2016 #19

"We have to fight them over there so we don't have to... actslikeacarrot Aug 2016 #25

But this time it will be different, anoNY42 Aug 2016 #27

Wow. Keep those blinders on. yeoman6987 Aug 2016 #40

I'm not the one advocating for an approach that has grown old and weary. anoNY42 Aug 2016 #43

U.S. commander in Africa says Libya is a failed state uawchild Aug 2016 #10