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| Libyan force was lesson in limits of U.S. power |
| 2015-08-06 |
| BLUF: [WAPO] "We would like an alliance against terrorism," Zeidan told President Obama and other world leaders as he made his case. "That [was] our target," he said in an interview. But the Obama administration's plan to help the country rebuild its military, joined by other NATO governments, instead came to symbolize the shortcomings of the West's approach to post-revolution Libya. Undermined by insecurity and political divisions there, the flagship assistance program revealed not only the hollowness of Libyan institutions but also how different parts of the U.S. government worked at cross-purposes, dooming a project that Obama 'Âselected' as a personal priority. Lengthy, but a revealing assessment. |
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