@emptywheel isn't the answer there: it couldn't have, but it could have ended up unstable w/ a lot more dead.
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@chrislhayes@emptywheel So we measure success by using hypotheticals? Sure things are bad, but who's to say it couldn't be worse?#yolo -
@JBrosenburg Point is if we replicate in Syria what we did in Libya, it risks REALLY spiraling out of control.@chrislhayes -
@emptywheel@JBrosenburg@chrislhayes This is word. Libya is far more the parallel, to extent there is one, than Iraq. And it's not pretty. -
@bmaz@emptywheel@chrislhayes Yup, Lybia illustrative on lasting effects of intervention. Civilian cost. And lie of "limited" strikes. -
@JBrosenburg Which is, of course, why Russia and China won't cooperate--they got burned before.@bmaz@chrislhayes
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@emptywheel Marcy, you disappoint me with your Libya position. Libya would be much more stable had NATO not left as quickly. Plus are you -
@sharon_lynch Nonsense. I'm suggesting the US has a clear history of only breaking things when intervening, a near flawless record.
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@chrislhayes was implying that Libya was a humanitarian mission. It was a strategic intervention based on interests.@emptywheelThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@emptywheel suggesting, it as better to leave a dictator in power? Also, the Libyan people begged the wold to help.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@emptywheel God even@chrislhayes is one of them. Like a bad zombie movie.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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