Posted on 05/21/2015 8:25:40 AM PDT by Reaganite Republican
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Obama and Hillary told everyone it was a great idea and Arab Spring would save the world , D’oh
Getting Rid of Gaddafi Was An Improvement Because...
It allowed the current enemies of America in the White House to illegally traffic arms to muslim terrorists who, if they could, would murder us.
From a leftist perspective it was a win win.
obama succeeded in turning another country over to the islamic brotherhood.
There was no “mess that Obozo was handed” that he hasn’t made worse.
What was gained was exactly what Obama wanted to happen.
An unstable area his Muslim Brotherhood/Al-Qeada pals could operate out of.
Just so.
And, IIRC, by the time Gaddafi was taken out, he was no longer a threat to anyone.
As bad as getting rid of Hussein and Gaddafi was as it left the door open for even worse (Hello ISIS) regimes, can that be any worse the than the muslim brotherhood infiltration in our own White House that gave us Benghazi?
We need a president (Cruz) who understands that the enemy of my enemy IS STILL MY ENEMY!
Obama was ‘handed a mess’,
Reagan was handed a mess too. But he didn’t whine, cry, blame others or sit on his thumb. He fixed it.
Agree. Gaddafi was completely neutered. But oh, what a sight it was to see him taken down! The Leftists were so excited.........Hillary! ‘we came, we saw, he died’! They were all sooo proud.
We support despots (either up front or covertly) until it no longer suits our needs, then dump them, leaving an angry population that blames us for supporting them in the first place. Its been our foreign policy since WWII at least.
The dictator IS the preferable form of government in certain cultures. Especially preferable to the Islamic extreme culture. Was Libya extreme enough, that is a judgement call.
If the dictator is not organizing terror strikes against us, and Khadafi stopped that long ago, then removing him introduces a risk that extreme Islamics will take over.
Yes, he should have been left alone. Possibly Egypt and Syria also.
When I was in Iraq I spoke to a member of the Human Resources Team who had a PhD in Middle Eastern Studies. I asked her what she thought would happen when we left Iraq. She said that Iraq would be fine because of their “national identity and pride.” I asked about Iranian influence and terror groups causing issues and she again stated that a united Iraq would never allow that to happen.
I told her that I thought Iraq would splinter into sectarian violence and Iran would be a big influence. Also that the government of Iraq was too weak to do anything about it and they depend too much on US assistance.
But then again, I only have an Associate degree so I guess she knew more than I did.
Stop assuming these are unintended consequences, they are not. Everything was done to serve a purpose and to achieve a desired resolution. Everything has been ran through countless scenarios with the the long game in mind. There are NO MISTAKES here, this is the desired outcome.
Destroy the US and create a One World Utopia under a totalitarian dictatorship of the Ruling Class.
Didn’t he want to stop using the US dollar for oil?
Egypt definitely should have been left alone- good thing that situation corrected itself in spite of Obama/Hillary and their predilection towards the Islamic Brotherhood.
I too am also thinking we should have left Assad alone -not help him- but not push him out, either... he’s slipping now, and of course only ISIS will gain
The U.S. has been making these ‘mistakes’ for over 50 years. The Eisenhower/Nixon Administration let a bunch of rag-tag (”JV” players???) ‘barbudos’ topple a USA friendly corrupt (can’t even call him a serious).... ‘dictator’... BATISTA fall...with the consequence of having nuclear missiles brought to within 90 miles of the U.S.
“I too am also thinking we should have left Assad alone -not help him- but not push him out, either... he’s slipping now, and of course only ISIS will gain.”
They need Syria so they can have a clear shot at Turkey. Jordan will eventually fall because of the refugee issue and death from 1000 cuts.
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