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Re:A Novel the CIA Spent a Fortune to Suppress by throwawayAsdFoo on Wednesday May 24, 2023 @08:50AM (#36057285)
The iraq war was based on lies and financial interest. Do you really want to pretend, Saddam was the primary goal? And that nation building was accomplished, sir!

And gaddafi was toppled over french/sarcozy interest.

One who doesn't know history is doomed to repeat it. Post hoc justification of own atrocities is exactly the sort of cognitive failure that patriotic delusion (and thus the future of such) can cause.

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Re:A Novel the CIA Spent a Fortune to Suppress by the_af on Wednesday May 24, 2023 @09:16AM (#36057594)
Plus neither Iraq nor Libya ended up well. So they are examples of what not to inflict upon a country.
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Re:A Novel the CIA Spent a Fortune to Suppress by MSFT_Edging on Wednesday May 24, 2023 @11:11AM (#36059237)
The loss of Gaddafi basically put the slave markets into overdrive, destroyed the power grids and water infrastructure, and generally did far more harm than good. Compared to other dictators that the US put in place, Gaddafi was far from the worst.
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