Tag / Al-Assad
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Western Opportunism
For the past 8 years, Muammar Qaddafi thought himself successfully rehabilitated. He had reset his relationships with the West, leaving him comfortably without enemies and invulnerable to West-approved regime change. Though his Libyan regime had comfortably played the role of international pariah for decades, in 2003 Qaddafi began to rethink the most anti-Western of his…
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Obama on Libya
The President took the importance of America’s role as world leader and ran with it—as well he should have. His tone was tough and right. The speech itself was about as good as the situation would allow for, but does, nevertheless, warrant some reflection: Questions: -What non-military measures could conceivably drive Gaddafi from power? -If…
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