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2014-09-08 Africa North

Libya's Fate Difficult to Predict, Analysts Say

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Posted by Fred 2014-09-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top
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#1 I predict Libya will go from bad to worse. You read it here first.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2014-09-08 07:23|| 2014-09-08 07:23|| Front Page Top

#2 How are you going to tell?

Posted by Steve White 2014-09-08 07:26|| 2014-09-08 07:26|| Front Page Top

#3 Lesse, Bedouins and oil money... what could possibly go wrong?

Posted by ed in texas 2014-09-08 07:29|| 2014-09-08 07:29|| Front Page Top

#4 Call me when the Russian/Chinese ships show up in port.

Posted by Procopius2k 2014-09-08 07:53|| 2014-09-08 07:53|| Front Page Top

#5 I predict there'll be a lot more Libyas.

Posted by Pappy 2014-09-08 10:24|| 2014-09-08 10:24|| Front Page Top

#6 analysts say it's difficult to anticipate how things will unfold

Fire them, get new analysts.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2014-09-08 13:42|| 2014-09-08 13:42|| Front Page Top

#7 Libya's Fate Difficult to Predict, Analysts Say

See Also," Capt John Smith to the bridge, please. Iceberg sighted."

Posted by USN, Ret. 2014-09-08 14:58|| 2014-09-08 14:58|| Front Page Top

#8 In reference to Iraq, General Colin Powell used language from one of Tom Friedman's columns in referring to the "Pottery Barn rule" of foreign policy.

That is: "you break it, you own it."

With respect to not only Iraq, but much of the middle east, he certainly appears to be correct.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-09-08 15:09|| 2014-09-08 15:09|| Front Page Top

#9 By the way, the Pottery Barn, at the time, replied that they don't, in fact, have a "you break it, you own it" policy. In any case, people make an incorrect assumption when they claim Libya under Qaddafi and Iraq under Saddam weren't broken. Wars against neighbors (1 million killed in Iran-Iraq War alone), support of global terrorism, liquidation of political opponents, no freedom of speech, assembly, etc. -- yeah, I'd say they were broken before any outside intervention.

Posted by Odysseus 2014-09-08 17:34|| 2014-09-08 17:34|| Front Page Top

#10 In any case, people make an incorrect assumption when they claim Libya under Qaddafi and Iraq under Saddam weren't broken.

Ditto

Posted by Besoeker 2014-09-08 18:08|| 2014-09-08 18:08|| Front Page Top

#11 Uh huh....

There will be a lot more blood spilled before things get better.

See? Not so hard.

Dumb fucks.

Posted by DarthVader 2014-09-08 19:34|| 2014-09-08 19:34|| Front Page Top

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