U.S. Intervention In Libya Now Seen As Cautionary Tale -- L.A. Times
A group of U.S. diplomats arrived in Libya three years ago to a memorable reception: a throng of cheering men and women who pressed in on the startled group "just to touch us and thank us," recalled Susan Rice, President Obama's national security advisor.
The Libyans were emotional because the U.S. and its allies had toppled leader Moammar Kadafi in a military campaign that averted a feared slaughter of Kadafi's foes. Obama administration officials called the international effort, accomplished with no Western casualties, a "model intervention."
But in three years Libya has turned into the kind of place U.S. officials most fear: a lawless land that attracts terrorists, pumps out illegal arms and drugs and destabilizes its neighbors.
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My Comment: That is what happens when you use your military to interfere in a country's revolution .... breaking it up without a plan to deal with the consequences. President Obama and his team always accused President Bush of doing this .... now it looks like the shoe is on the other foot. But in all fairness this is a testament on the entire Washington political/foreign policy/media establishment and their failure in formulating and articulating a foreign policy that makes sense while incorporating U.S. national security needs. Since the end of the Second World War the U.S. has always been a leader with clear policies/objectives and the means to gather the necessary resources to face international crisis. Those days are now gone .... and everyone in the world knows that with the exception of the Washington establishment and the electorate that always votes these politicians in.
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