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We were in Libya because Ghadaffi had stated most emphatically that he was going to cream the people in Benghazi. Also, Tunisia next door was in revolt, and we were NOT in Egypt. Libya only had a population of about 5 million. Syria has about 25 million and is buddies with Russia. Iran has about 75 million, not quite as many as Egypt with 81 million.

Lebanon if you recall was a real tar baby. President Reagan was forced by public opinion to pull out our peacekeeping force in Lebanon after our embassy was bombed April 1983 killing 63, including about 17 Americans. Then a few months later (October?) the Marine peacekeeper’s barracks was bombed killing 241 US marines. That same day the French were bombed killing over 50 people. Also in the same period a bomb attack on our embassy in Kuwait only killed 6 people because of defective bomb material.

I suspect that Obama thought we, with allies, could help free the people of Libya at a low cost in US lives, and he was successful. Unfortunately, the politics of tribes and cities that suffered and fought is not so easy to settle. You will recall that McCain favored helping Libya too. The tribal/ethnic situation in Lebanon is just as complex in a much smaller space. T.E. Lawrence (of Arabia) in his book “Seven Pillars of Wisdom” gives an excellent picture of the fractured nature of the Lebanese population and Arabs in general.

We were in Libya because Ghadaffi had stated most emphatically that he was going to cream the people in Benghazi.

Yes, al Qaeda.

Benghazi: A Sea of Al-Qaeda Flags

...and we were NOT in Egypt.

'We' aren't but 0coward's policy was in a big way and so was MoveOn.org.

And how about the Cairo embassy and Sec. State tweeting apologies all day long on Sept. 11th for the 'anti-Muhammed video?' That's not a presence in Egypt?

For the record ... zer0 and mclame did the deed. Would have been better to not become involved. Was a bad idea from the start. The terrible thing is the loss of lives is not over. Too bad zer0 and mclame could not have been controlled and stopped. Then there is Ambassador Stevens and three more lives lost. Which brings our nation to syria and the lives lost. Am of the belief, the entire region is in turmoil due to zer0 and mclame along with all of zer0’s crowd and the lack of congress to stop them all. A prayer it does not become more ugly in that region, but being a realist am not optimistic. Too many people have died. We would have been wise to not become involved. Another terrible thing is, we are involved, and now it has to be cleaned up. zer0, the zer0 crowd, mclame, nearly all of congress are not qualified to clean this up. It is time for a change. Mitt maybe will not succeed. I do not know. For certain though, most of the crowd now in d.c. is virtually clueless as to where to start. May God smile upon our nation, one more time, for the future being in doubt, leaves no doubt as to where we are headed if zer0 and his crowd remain in control.