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U.S. Removes Troops From Libya Amid Fighting in Capital As The Country Slides Toward Civil War
The Wall Street Journal ^ | April 7, 2019 | Jared Malsin

Posted on 04/07/2019 3:52:22 PM PDT by Trump20162020

American military leaves as country stands on precipice of civil war, battle for Tripoli continues with airstrikes

CAIRO—The U.S. military said it pulled a small contingent of American forces from Libya as the country teetered on the brink of full-scale civil war, with fighting continuing around the capital Tripoli.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: donaldtrump; libya; tripoli; trump
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1 posted on 04/07/2019 3:52:22 PM PDT by Trump20162020
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To: Trump20162020

Good. We should never have been there in the first place.

L


2 posted on 04/07/2019 3:53:11 PM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: Trump20162020

Obama and Clinton’s gift just keeps on giving.


3 posted on 04/07/2019 3:53:19 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: Trump20162020

Obama/Hillary’s fault a country was destroyed


4 posted on 04/07/2019 3:53:25 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: Lurker

Not good for them.

Our government caused this nightmare


5 posted on 04/07/2019 3:54:00 PM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know if.. Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR)
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To: dp0622

“Not good for them.”

Sucks to be them.

“Our government caused this nightmare.”

We did indeed. But that’s not a reason to compound the error by staying.

L


6 posted on 04/07/2019 3:55:37 PM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: Trump20162020

The Kenyan from Indonesia and Cankles should have been prosecuted for their illegal war.

And so much more.......


7 posted on 04/07/2019 3:57:20 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Lurker

Come on you know me better than that.

All troops out. Now.

But when kids are gonna be massacred “sucks to be them” doesn’t comfort me

but i’ve always been a little too soft. it’s a weakness


8 posted on 04/07/2019 3:58:08 PM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know if.. Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR)
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"Our government caused this nightmare"

More the French government, but it does make you wonder how differently things might be for Libya today had NATO not intervened. Gaddafi and the Libyan army would have probably beat Benghazi into submission around March or April of 2011, and the civil war likely would have been a lot less bloody as it's hard to imagine it would have been so protracted had it been a true domestic conflict without Western interference. Today, Libya would almost certainly be a lot more stable with Gaddafi still in power.

9 posted on 04/07/2019 4:00:11 PM PDT by Trump20162020
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To: dp0622

“Come on you know me better than that.”

That I do. Sorry for being so abrupt.

“But when kids are gonna be massacred “sucks to be them” doesn’t comfort me.”

I’m suffering from compassion fatigue I guess. It’s a character flaw of mine.

L


10 posted on 04/07/2019 4:01:12 PM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: Trump20162020

How come Obama/Hillary are not have press conferences calling it Arab Spring II


11 posted on 04/07/2019 4:01:35 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: Lurker

On TV and in the movies it’s a flaw.

In REAL LIFE compassion fatigue will help one survive a lot more than a bleeding heart


12 posted on 04/07/2019 4:03:22 PM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know if.. Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR)
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To: PGR88

This is DIRECTLY the result of their meddling - they are singlehandedly responnsible for those deaths and should be brought up by the IoC for war crimes.


13 posted on 04/07/2019 4:03:46 PM PDT by Skywise
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To: butlerweave

Arab Springs suck!!

Go in summer.

What did they think, democracy was going to bloom everywhere?


14 posted on 04/07/2019 4:04:08 PM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know if.. Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR)
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To: Trump20162020

And, why did we destabalize the country?


15 posted on 04/07/2019 4:08:13 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie ("The media is the enemy of the American people." Democrat Pat Caddell)
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To: Trump20162020

Another civil war?


16 posted on 04/07/2019 4:09:31 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Being woke means you can be nasty, hateful and use racist slurs yet feel morally superior.)
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To: Trump20162020
Nice going Barack and Hillary.


17 posted on 04/07/2019 4:11:28 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Trump20162020

Obama and Hillary’s creation.


18 posted on 04/07/2019 4:11:41 PM PDT by Will88 (The only people opposing voter ID are those benefiting from voter fraud.)
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To: The_Media_never_lie

Just to allow a flood of refugees into Europe. Daffy was the cork in the bottle.


19 posted on 04/07/2019 4:12:38 PM PDT by Oldexpat (Jobs Not Mobs)
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To: Trump20162020

Thanks to Barak and Hillary.


20 posted on 04/07/2019 4:17:45 PM PDT by semaj (We are the People)
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