"The U.S. and Europe are now having a panic attack because Islamic extremists no longer control two key oil ports in Libya." [It's not even on the American radar for most Americans, so that's fake. I don't know anyone having a panic attack. You may.]
"And the notion that Washington cares at all about what "belongs" to the Libyan people is laughable." [Keep in mind this is KGB putin's propaganda organ talking about the present president of the United States, right? Do you accept their critique of POTUS?]
"The entire country belongs to the Libyan people." [This from the putinista press? They're constantly indifferent to their own people's short life span and to the idea of Russians or others owning their own fate under law. But you buy into this poppycock? putin doesn't respect the believe Poland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania belong to those people. Why now does his state controlled press care about Libyans owning their country?]
You believe what you want. This article is pure pro-putin MISO.
Do you know for certain that this was not the case? That he didn't use the oil revenues in that fashion? If it were the American press saying that then I absolutely would not believe it. That, by the way, is not my fault. It is the fault of the press themselves.
But honestly I do not know what actually occurred there, nor did I really care. One thing I do know for certain is that Libya was not giving this country any problems to deal with. In fact, Gaddafi had opened his country up for weapons inspections for his country's WMD program in 2003, and for this our government rewarded him by funding "freedom fighters" to depose him. He was eventually killed savagely by them, as I'm sure leftists & Democrats would love to do to Donald Trump. Who knows, perhaps you too harbor those desires. Then a short period later they killed our Ambassador, two military support personnel, and a foreign service information management officer.
While I'll agree with you that the average American, and I include Trump in that, are indeed not panicked by that. However, the globalist supporters and leftists are probably upset by it, and I include McCain & Graham in that group.
You seem to forget that there are two Americas.
One that supports America and recognizes her exceptionalism, and one that hates America and wants to see her fundamentally changed from her original conception, instead of honestly working towards that original conception.
While you seem to think I forget what Russia has been historically, you seem to be oblivious as to what America has been for the last 8 years. Not a red cent better than Russia at its worst, because Obama was emulating Russia in many ways. Ignoring the Constitution, subverting Congress, forcing morality (or lack of) on the population, private property rights, and a host of other things.
You definitely have to go by history, but that history cannot be limited to picking & choosing only certain aspects. It has to be inclusive of current, as well as, past history.
If Libya does not belong to the Libyan people, them who exactly does it belong to? Just because Putin may think other countries are his, they in fact are not anymore nor have they ever been under his rule. The whole Ukraine situation resulted from a weak President in our country, but it also was the result of Ukraine refusing to continue the lease to the Russians of the submarine ports in the Crimea. Akin to Cuba refusing to allow Guantanamo to remain in U.S control. I doubt we would stand for it, except for someone like Obama in control. Remember we have many nations aligned against Russia in the form of NATO. You think that this does not give Russia & Russian citizens cause for pause and a desire to protect themselves?
Well thank you for allowing me the freedom to exercise my brain as I see fit. I see no positives in restarting the Cold War with Russia. It was a terrible drain on American treasures, both monetarily and human wise. I harbor no delusions about either Russia or Putin. But the wise man keeps his friends close and his enemies closer, and only starts something when it becomes absolutely necessary. Let's remove sanctions and see if they move to a move Democratic position. If they do not then sanctions can always be reestablished, and rather quickly I might add.