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Obama: Libya is Not Iraq

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Targetpractice3/29/2011 12:09:11 pm PDT

re: #63 Buck

Correct… and I think that is what is really needed in Libya… and Syria, and Lebanon, and Qatar, and …even the always magical kingdom of Saudi Arabia. I don’t think THAT is possible, BUT I think that beating the snot out of the smallest guy in the region sends a signal to the other bullies that their days are numbered.

So what I am really asking is, what is the plan in Libya if it is NOT regime change and handing the reins over to the civilians? We know what it means if the ‘rebels’ lose, but do we really know what happens if they win? In Iraq we knew and could control what happened if we won…

If we could control what happened in Iraq, then we did a very piss-poor job of it, considering the sectarian violence and ethnic cleansing that erupted after Saddam fell. We were so focused on slapping together a “stable” democracy in record time that we had neither the manpower nor the authority to stop the blood orgy that took place once the old regime was gone. If Iraq seems “stable” now, it’s because thousands were tortured and murdered for simply having the wrong faith.