Saturday, June 23, 2018

Libya Has Been In Chaos Since 2011

Libya has been rocked by chaos since a 2011 uprising that toppled and killed Muammar Gaddafi (Reuters)

Peter Bergen and Alyssa Sims, CNN: Seven years after Obama's 'worst mistake,' Libya killing is rampant

(CNN)Years after then President Barack Obama made what he has described as his worst mistake by not adequately planning for the fall of Moammar Gadhafi in 2011, Libya remains in chaos. In the past seven years, four nations have conducted air strikes in Libya and hundreds of civilians have died in those strikes.

As the protests of the Arab Spring swept through Libya, Gadhafi mounted a war of attrition against his own people describing those who were protesting his rule as "rats."

The Obama administration helped steer a UN resolution to take military action to protect Libyan civilians, which resulted in a US-led NATO intervention in Libya. Gadhafi was eventually killed by rebels.

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WNU Editor: I see zero possibility of a peaceful resolution to the internal strife in Libya being resolved in the next few years. There are too many foreign players involved, and no side has a decided advantage to defeat the others.

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RussInSoCal said...

"We came. We Saw. He died. HA HA HA HA HA HA!"

HRC,
OCT,
2011,

R.