Iceweasel
Diamond Member
For you and Rye Gulper:The invasion of Iraq is on us.
Libya? Not so much- there was an actual popular uprising in Libya(unlike Iraq) and the United States provided support only after other NATO countries provided their assistance.
I shed no tears for the deaths of either Saddam or Qaddaffi- but I do recognize that they kept Islamic extremists repressed and relatively harmless.
Role of Hillary Clinton in Libya war exposed
Beginning in Spring 2011, NATO carried out a bombing campaign for seven months, leaving Libya a failed state overrun by extremist groups. The official government now only controls the eastern portion of the country, with Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL), Ansar al-Sharia and local militant groups controlling other areas.
In the run-up to the intervention, however, Clinton became convinced that overthrowing Gaddafi would lead to a democracy, according to multiple sources interviewed by The New York Times.
Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said Clinton was a major influence in President Barack Obama’s decision to go to war. Gates recounted Obama once telling him a debate in the Oval Office on the issue was split “51-49.”
“I’ve always thought that Hillary’s support for the broader mission in Libya put the president on the 51 side of the line for a more aggressive approach,” Gates said.
Gates urged for the opposite, he told the newspaper, telling Obama and others that the Pentagon already had enough on their plate.
“Can I finish the two wars I’m already in before you guys go looking for a third one?” Gates recalled saying.