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2016-03-02 Africa North

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Posted by badanov 2016-03-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Knowledge of Libyan history would have demonstrated that only a strong hand could unify Libya. First it was the Turks, then Italians, then King Idris I, and finally Qadaffi and the military that held the fissiparous nation of clans and sects together. With Qadaffi gone, and no strong leader to replace him, the competing powers in the Cyrenaica, Tripoli and Fezzan regions chose their own future and chaos was the result. The result was one of the greatest foreign policy blunders of this or any American administration.

Posted by Bugs Unaviper5548 2016-03-02 11:31|| 2016-03-02 11:31|| Front Page Top

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