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Germany joined in, most of the "players" dropped out by the endgame; leaving only Great Britain/US/France
when Qaddafi was "regime changed" (killed). The war was too long for the rest of NATO to stomach
Biden here shills for the neocon Obama. "prescription" indeed.
Gates memoir
Absolutely.
A foreign policy for fools.
most of NATO dropped out, as the war dragged on. I left out the Gulf States, as this was a NATO war.The countries that took an initial interest in supporting the rebels like france, the UK, UAE, Qutar, etc, all seemed on board to the end. Natural there were other who had a limited interest in a no fly zone, but they were people brought into the debate by states like France, etc pushing for Nato and UN intervention. And involvement was certainly represented beyond the US
neocon :Obama is far from a neocon, and seemed more as someone responding to pressure from within his admin and the public. After all, he's not exactly known for his leadership qualities and someone that directs policy
it was mostly to be a sidebar. Gates memoir is full of contradictions, but his views are worth the citations.I'm not really following your point here
take the point about not intervening doesn't prelude "something else" from happening.
We know what happened because of Libyan war, there isn't a lot of good that came from it - I'd argue there was a lot of bad things that did come from it.
Without US intervention, Libya would still be whole today, and thousands of innocent dead people would still be alive.
most of NATO dropped out, as the war dragged on. I left out the Gulf States, as this was a NATO war.
neocon :
assertive promotion of democracy and United States national interest in international affairs including through military means
what "region?" Syria? Libya? Iraq? the smaller sections of Libya?And you'll get no argument from me that Islamists pour into a vacuum at current. This is a necessary step in the regions' political evolution. It is simply that those who take the presence of Islamist militia's and even terror groups and charge AHA! And without the US, none of THIS! are forgetting that the option that was realistically available was worse. :shrug: welcome to the real world.
Abu Sufian bin Qumu – A Familiar Fighter | Analysis IntelligenceIn April 2011, the New York Times reported that bin Qumu had been fighting to overthrow Qaddafi, ostensibly with American support.
A little over a year later, in a June 2012 profile, the paper describes his leadership of a militia in eastern Libya as an alternative vision for the country
Jihadism's Foothold in Libya - The Washington Institute for Near East Policynew jihadist groups began to emerge once the dust settled. One of the largest is Ansar al-Sharia in Benghazi (ASB), led by Muhammad Zahawi. In addition to online connections with the Ansar al-Sharia group in Tunisia, ASB has ties to several smaller Salafi-jihadist katibas (battalions) in Libya, including the shadowy Ansar al-Sharia in Darnah (ASD), led by former Guantanamo Bay inmate Abu Sufyan bin Qumu.
The US did command and control, flew the most sorties, and he Predator drone guided the French missile at Qaddafi. ( going by recall, could be in error).Earlier you seemingly tried to lay intervention, regime change, and all actions that went beyond the UN mandate at the US's feet. My point was that those interests were represented by a number of states from pretty early one and seemingly involved them until that aim was achieved. In that context, the UN mandate (and wider UN and Nato involvement) seemed something they simply settled on out of necessity then eventually ignored when it was obvious there was any real consequence to doing so.
indeed it is a simple definition.That's a rather simplistic and general definition and could include all number of political ideologies that don't really fall under neo-conservatism
this might be of a more practical value
neoconservatism (political philosophy) -- Encyclopedia Britannica
Secondly, as I stated above and even the Gates quote indicates, Obama wasn't really the ideological driver in his foreign policy
Another US foreign policy success.
At least four Egyptian embassy personnel have been kidnapped in the Libyan capital Tripoli, the Libyan foreign ministry says.
Another embassy official was seized in the Libyan capital on Friday.
Several kidnappings of officials in Libya recently have been blamed on militias. They are often paid by the government, but their allegiance and who controls them remain in doubt.
BBC News - Egyptian embassy staff 'seized'in Libya
I'm not sure anyone who reduces the issue to "jew banks" should be making comments about fools
Are you aware of the history of the conflict that you are debating?
1. Libya was already torn before the U.S. intervened. The "whole Libya" was already gone by the time we got there.
2. Qaddafi intended to massacre an entire city, which is why we intervened. I see your thousands and raise you hundreds of thousands.
"Jew banks" is YOUR term, not mine.
On top of your ignorance of Libya, you're also a race-baiter .. albeit an unsuccessful one.
lol, you're the one going on about Rothchild banks and posting articles from "american free press" with antisemitic imagery.
:0) You're a race-baiter dude. You don't have the capacity to debate the issue .. so you reach for things you know .. race-baiting.
I posted FACTUAL information about Rothschild's banks .. without ever mentioning, intimating, or referring to anything Jewish .. and absolutely nothing that could sanely be construed as 'anti-semitic' by sane people.
I have no idea what you're talking about in the free press .. but that's just you trying to desperately mask your inability to keep up.
Ive been trying to debate the issue with you. But you won't debate.
You .. at this very moment .. have your hands on the internet. If you were a genuine debater, you would have researched Rothschilds banks the moment you recognized that you didn't know the subject being talked about. That's what intelligent people do.
I have absolutely NO desire to hold your hand through any conversation. If you don't know the subject, perhaps you shouldn't be debating it.
I am not responsible for the content of any source beyond the article that I post .. AND, intelligent people .. honest people .. do not hide behind 'sources.' You're still attempting race-baiting.
I am fully aware of Libya's history .. as I'm also aware of who and how much of that history was turned around .. driving Libya from being one of the poorest countries in the world, into a prosperous nation where its citizens had the highest standard of living in all of Africa, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and Brazil. I could go on with more of what you obviously don't know .. just as you don't know that everything claimed by NATO and Obama as rationale to intervene in Libya has been proven a lie .. including Gaddafi's supposed massacres.
But you don't know that.
I'm also aware that Gaddafi was supported by 2000 of Libya's 2335 tribes.
Support for Gaddafi soars amid NATO bombing on civilians
But you didn't know that either..
Worse Than Iraq: Lies of the Libyan War
As exposed here on CounterPunch the lies used to justify the NATO war against Libya have surpassed those created to justify the invasion of Iraq. Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch both had honest observers on the ground for months following the rebellion in eastern Libya and both have repudiated every major charge used to justify the NATO war on Libya. According to the Amnesty observer, who is fluent in Arabic, there is not one confirmed instance of rape by the pro-Gadaffi fighters, not even a doctor who knew of one. All the Viagra mass rape stories were fabrications. Amnesty could not verify a single "African mercenary" fighting for Gaddafi story, and the highly charged international satellite television accounts of African mercenaries raping women that were used to panic much of the eastern Libyan population into fleeing their homes were fabrications.
There were no confirmed accounts of helicopter gun ships attacking civilians and no jet fighters bombing people which completely invalidates any justification for the No-Fly Zone in Security Council resolution used as an excuse for NATO to launch its attacks on Libya. After three months on the ground in rebel controlled territory, the Amnesty investigator could only confirm 110 deaths in Benghazi which included Gadaffi supporters. Only 110 dead in Benghazi? Wait a minute, we were told thousands had died there, ten thousand even. No, only 110 lost their lives including pro-government people.
No rapes, no African mercenaries, no helicopter gun ships or bombers, and only 110 ten deaths prior to the launch of the NATO bombing campaign, every reason was based on a lie.
much more
Lies of the Libyan War » CounterPunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names
But you don't know that.
It's Bush's fault!
Oh sorry, I've been so conditioned.
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