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2016 Postmortem

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18. He said that not enough was done after Qaddafi fell

Wed Apr 13, 2016, 11:43 AM

Apr 2016

I don't think he rejected joining the NATO action to set up a no fly zone.

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It's what I've said all along. randome Apr 2016 #1

+1 CalvinballPro Apr 2016 #6

Shouldn't we also say Uponthegears Apr 2016 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author m-lekktor Apr 2016 #5

Barack Obama says Libya was 'worst mistake' of his presidency think Apr 2016 #7

Barack Obama says intervening in Libya was "the right thing to do" oberliner Apr 2016 #9

Obama has conceded that the intervention “didn’t work”. think Apr 2016 #10

He said that not enough was done after Qaddafi fell karynnj Apr 2016 #18

He actually used the term "shit-show" in private! bullwinkle428 Apr 2016 #19

I think you nailed it. nt Bonobo Apr 2016 #14

That defends having the no fly zone karynnj Apr 2016 #16

Yes, I understand that. polly7 Apr 2016 #26

Oil had nothing to do with it. Octafish Apr 2016 #17

Easy to not support Gadaffi and also not support how we treated Libya. PufPuf23 Apr 2016 #20

How about Obama's drone strikes, including droning a 16 yr old American boy riderinthestorm Apr 2016 #24

Oh, btw, Uponthegears Apr 2016 #25

We had "Hussein gassed his own people!" before Iraq, Maedhros Apr 2016 #27