America is now back to the usual post-JFK business of creating dictators who have ties to American intelligence and military appratuses and don't have a leg to stand on as far as ther own abilities to take and maintain power. This General Haftar will no doubt end up, if he really does represent Libyan definitions of Libyan interests as a Gadaffi of
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If we know what we're doing, but pretend we don't know, and the world knows what we're doing, but pretends they don't know either - let's go the extra mile, be honest with our dishonesty, and just put a full blooded 'merican in charge. A Tim Johnson, a Bob Smith - somebody the world may sigh at - but at least we wouldn't immediately start second guessing ourselves once they put the crown on.
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Some how we've gotten to the point where half-assed interventions, propping up dictators, bombing without building, etc... is seen as a better option than actual intervention, or disengaging entirely.
Either take up the white man's Western Civilization's Burden or don't.
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