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Re:Japan to buy at least 20 more F-35A stealth fighters by monocasa on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @04:16PM (#16433045)
We also directly funded the rebel groups while enforcing the no fly zone.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/06/world/africa/weapons-sent-...

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/03/in...

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Re:Japan to buy at least 20 more F-35A stealth fighters by openasocket on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @04:27PM (#16433127)
In the first link, the Qataris were arming the rebels with their own money, the US just wasn't stopping them. Though I take your point that the US, to a certain extent, favored the rebels. The second link is a hypothetical: reporting that some members of government are considering funding the rebels.
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Re:Japan to buy at least 20 more F-35A stealth fighters by monocasa on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @04:41PM (#16433230)
Fair enough, how about this?

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-libya-usa-order/exclusive...

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